![]() Loderer’s interest in processes that elude her control also inspired her to experiment with a mixture of fungal spores and wood shavings-first in her sculptures and most recently at the intersection of sculpture and painting. Though highly malleable, the sand sets limits to the creative will, making the work with it a process that plays out between artistic intention and the potentials of the material. ![]() In earlier sand sculptures, Loderer had integrated other materials and found objects such as a mattress, producing unusual results or incorporating chance as a defining factor in the manufacturing process. Work on the new series began with sketches for sculptures to be made out of tamped sand the finished works combine three grades of molding sand-each with its own characteristics and color-with custom-designed metal constructions in fragile temporary formations. The centerpiece in the exhibition at the Secession’s Grafisches Kabinett is an ensemble of new sand sculptures and pictorial objects realized in the gallery that are the results of the artist’s most recent experiments with fungal mycelia. Her creative approach is characterized by the improvisational and experimental uses she makes of her materials: unconventional combinations yield appealing objects that sometimes suggest a sort of “performative sculpture.” Loderer makes this auxiliary agent her medium to “build” fragile and temporary sculptures consisting of molding sand, they allude to metalworking while also initiating an inspiring and paradoxical dialogue between the durability of the one and the ephemeral quality of the other. It is essential for the production of the mould proper but leaves no trace on the finished product-it is effectively invisible. Her sculptures are frequently made of cast metal or secondary materials from the metal casting workshop-wax, for example, or special molding sand, which, because of its high level of form stability, is particularly well suited for casting. Board of Trustees of the Friends of the SecessionĪngelika Loderer February 2 – March 26, 2017Īngelika Loderer’s sculptures might be classified as media-reflective art: the characteristics of the materials she uses and the manufacturing processes are fundamental parameters informing the design process.Association of Visual Artists Vienna Secession.
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