Künstler

Martin Willing

The central theme of my work is the interaction of form and movement in space: how does a particular form/three-dimensional structure assert itself against the earth’s gravity, how does it stretch, how does it curve, and what vibrations can I “awaken” through my processing.

A major technical challenge is how I can make a certain shape out of metal, how to shape it, how to prestress it so that it can “defy” gravity and unleash its vibration. This process takes a long time and requires a lot of patience. I often have to design and build special tools for a particular sculpture. Knowledge of the properties of the metal is also important, helping me to shape the material, which is ductile but at the same time very hard, into the desired form. High-strength metals have a shape memory, which I first have to “erase” by overmolding, so that the sculpture becomes dimensionally stable.

Martin Willing

Bernd Zimmer

Nature, largely untouched by man, is the central theme of Bernd Zimmer, who has been working as a painter for more than four decades on motifs such as landscape, vegetation, night sky, weather phenomena and water. However, he does not strive to depict these motifs as accurately as possible, but rather to formulate them freely in the autonomous painting process.

Dr. René Hirner, text excerpt for the exhibition ALLES FLIEßT

Portfolio

ARTISTS AGAINST TORTURE

The portfolio “Artists against Torture” was initiated by the “Association for the Prevention of Torture (Association pour la Prévention de la Torture / APT).

The 19 original prints were especially created by the artists for this portfolio in 1993. The edition was limited to 150 numbered and signed prints; each print is signed. The paper size differs from 53 x 73 cm to 60 x 80 cm.