Bronze figures that show strength but also vulnerability
From: 2024-06-28 -
To:
Burkina Faso:
Ann Geirnaerdt attributes her present style of working with bronze to a three year stay in Burkina Faso (West Africa), where she was able to experiment full-time with the lost-wax casting technique using bronze.
Ann Geirnaerdt:
Each of my sculptures tells its own story, starting from personal experiences and emotions that I want to give the place they deserve. In this way, my works show, in a very rewarding way, strength but also vulnerability.
Themes:
Ann Geirnaerdt deals through her works with the themes of man who is constantly "searching", who needs closeness, security, but at the same time wants to maintain his own strength. The man who longs for a certain harmony and wants to live life to the full, sometimes vulnerable, sometimes strong, always looking for his cosy nest, which he also prefers to share with others.
Material:
What makes her work special is the inspiration coming from natural materials. In the construction of her works she regularly uses natural materials such as bark, branches, plants, and leaves, which inspire her enormously due to their movement and structure. These materials leave an imprint which she gratefully takes up and shapes.
Caractéristiques des oeuvres de cet artiste : Karakteristieken van de kunstwerken van deze kunstenaar: Characteristics of this artist's works:
C - Country: Belgium D1 - Material: Bronze E1 - Subject matter: People, Story E2 - People: Figure Expression / Emotion: Emotion, Poetic, Symbolic Style: Abstract, Figurative, Organic Type of artwork: Sculpture Z - Other: Period 1 (09/06-02/07/2023), Period 2 (07/07-06/08/2023), Period 3 (11/08-10/09/2023), Period 4 (15/09-15/10/2023), Returning in 2023