Quote from Bad RagARTz

Until November, 4 the 7th Swiss Triennial of Sculpture takes place in Bad Ragaz and Vaduz, with 400 works of art in the open air. There are also 9 sculpture network members. We asked them about their thoughts on their works.

Keld Moseholm, Denmark, “Is this a step forward” (2008)  H 165, L 125, W 40 cm, Bronze and Granit

The sculpture shows 3 figures set in a forward, maybe even cinematic, motion. Movement has always been of importance to me, and here I focus on the movement of the figures playing against the instability. This is in contrast to the stability presented by the tall stones, which creates an interesting tension in the sculpture. The figures walk with/carry a book as the symbol of knowledge and learning, and they walk on an unstable, floating stone, stepping straight out into empty air trusting that all will be well/that they will succeed.

 

“Paraphrase on The Tin Drum” (2017) H 57, L 165, W 165, Bronze and granite

In creating this sculpture, I was inspired by the German author Günther Grass` novel from 1957 and the screen version of The Tin Drum. Especially the visualization of the mother/grandmother figure with the small boy hiding under her skirts.
In my free interpretation I have used 3 figures for compositional reasons who are crawling under the skirts to hide, so the sculpture forms a circle with a wave formation which suggests a decorative element such as a flower.
With regard to the theme the sculpture is to me a picture of an uncertain future and perhaps of the truths hiding. The events in the novel  take place around World War 2, but there seem to be some common features in our own time that have been an inspiration in creating the sculpture

 

 

”Transformation” (2010) H 165, L 55, W 37 cm, Bronze and granite

The sculpture is in the shape of a spire, and once again the book is a sculptural element but this time it points to the fact that when it comes to knowledge and experience we build on the work of somebody else, so to speak. As in others of my sculptures, I use the transformation of size to make the sculpture more interesting/to lend more forcefulness to the sculpture/to add elegance to the metal. The movement suggests that the more you know, the smaller you feel  in relation to all knowledge that exists.