Artist Information:
Berthold Neutze
Drensteinfurt,
Germany
Member Since: Nov 2009
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Artist Statement:
Artists Statement
Art from wood is either turned
(pretty bowl), roughly hewed
(pure artistic laziness) or
from selected ugliness
regarding to the choice of
wood. The flashy the material
the less you see the sloppy
work of the artist…
Why do I use wood after all?
Besides hard and splintery
beechwood?
The work is risky and tedious,
demands concentration and
sensitivity for the material’s
structure - thus a challenge
for craftmanship. Together
with the subtle texture and
unexitedly tint of beechwood
that makes it to my favourite
material. Beechwood allows
undisguised view towards the
form language. The shiny
smooth surface means a
distance to „harsh“ nature to
me. The outcoming piece is a
picture, not copy.
The tactile dimension.
There is this invitation to
the spectator to touch it, to
feel the inherent warmth of
wood, to feel out the
incorporated strings and
muscles to append another
dimension to his phantasy.
Subject follows function.
My abstract -, as well as the
anthropo- and zoomorphic
sculptures emerge from the
curiosity what other
structures evolution could
find - or improve - to add
another niche in nature. I
mostly work without preceding
drawings und start to work
unintentionally; the „idea“
evolves during the progress -
the ...
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Berthold Neutze's Free Artist Portfolio
Welcome to Berthold Neutze's Portfolio.
Artists Statement
Art from wood is either turned (pretty bowl), roughly hewed (pure artistic laziness) or from selected ugliness regarding to the choice of wood. The flashy the material the less you see the sloppy work of the artist…
Why do I use wood after all? Besides hard and splintery beechwood?
The work is risky and tedious, demands concentration and sensitivity for the material’s structure - thus a challenge for craftmanship. Together with the subtle texture and unexitedly tint of beechwood that makes it to my favourite material. Beechwood allows undisguised view towards the form language. The shiny smooth surface means a distance to „harsh“ nature to me. The outcoming piece is a picture, not copy.
The tactile dimension.
There is this invitation to the spectator to touch it, to feel the inherent warmth of wood, to feel out the incorporated strings and muscles to append another dimension to his phantasy.
Subject follows function.
My abstract -, as well as the anthropo- and zoomorphic sculptures emerge from the curiosity what other structures evolution could find - or improve - to add another niche in nature. I mostly work without preceding drawings und start to work unintentionally; the „idea“ evolves during the progress - the ... |
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