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Susanne KraisserMy Heart is Like the Ocean - contemporary bronze sculpture, female with starfish2023
2023
$1,741.45
£1,289.96
€1,450
CA$2,382.74
A$2,592.60
CHF 1,372.75
MX$31,190.74
NOK 17,430.85
SEK 15,948.01
DKK 11,050.19
About the Item
"My Heart is Like the Ocean" is a small, free-standing bronze sculpture with a femlae in a dress in the wind carrying a starfish. Edition 18, signed, numbered and dated on the bottom. Comes with Certificate.
The sculptress Susanne Kraisser is to be considered as part of the great modern figurative tradition. She was born in 1977 in Rosenheim, Southern Germany. She studied both at the Academy of Fine Arts Nuremberg and the University of Arts in Bremen. She graduated with distinction in 2007 in Nuremberg and received her Diploma with distinction in 2008 in Bremen. She has won numerous awards and exhibits nationally as well as internationally.
Artist Statement: For me, sculpture is particularly shape and material, volume and size, space, movement and statics.
I focus on the ‘female body’, presenting it either as an intimate miniature or on a monumental scale – each time as a solitary figure.
In terms of content, my work focuses on identifying and combining polarities, such as instability and strength, fragility and solidity, activity and passivity, movement and statics, balance and volume, and dependence and autarchy.
I work predominantly with the materials bronze, aluminium and wood. The small miniatures are made from wax and are then cast in bronze as part of what is known as the wax smelting process. Large-scale pieces are similarly cast in aluminium or created directly out of wood. The various work processes and tools determine the appearance of the surface; for wax, it’s my hands, and for wood, it’s my chainsaw.
Each material is a new challenge for me. My previous wood-sculpting studies involved respecting the material’s limits to create craft of solid quality in keeping with the material.
But this is where the intense discussion and its limit become clear. I fight with the material, and a lot of things go wrong. It becomes my opponent, whose limits I test out and reset if necessary. Cautious movements requiring a lot of physical tension are maintained without losing their inner dynamics.
Amidst the often harmonious external form is a harsh dissonance evidenced by the rough, fragmented design of the surface. Wear marks and slashes remain like the scars of a wound, and prevent the audience from getting too close to the figure. It can only be identified as such from a distance, which, if reduced, causes the figure to disintegrate into a mere structure.
This volatility enhances the expression of fragility and vulnerability inherent in the figures. The surface’s temporariness combines autonomy and perfection.
- Susanne Kraisser
- Creator:Susanne Kraisser (1977, German)
- Creation Year:2023
- Dimensions:Height: 3.15 in (8 cm)Width: 2.37 in (6 cm)Depth: 1.97 in (5 cm)
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- Gallery Location:Hamburg, DE
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU1443217324212
Susanne Kraisser
Biography 1977 Born in Rosenheim, Germany 1994 - 1997 Education as woodcarver, Munich, Germany
1998 - 1999 Working as woodcarver, Sweden 2003 Named master student 2006 Graduation "Akademiebrief" with excellence
2006 - 2008 Study at Art University, Bremen, Germany, Professor Bernd Altenstein
2007 Graduation with excellenc
2008 Master student of Professor Bernd Altenstein Lives and works in Bad Belzig near Berlin since 2006. Awards / Scholarships 1994 - 1997 Annual placing at Dannerwettbewerb, Munich 1998 Scholarship Leonardo da Vinci
1997 - 2000 'Begabtenfoerderung' of Bavarian Government (scholarship for talented artist)
2001/2002 First Award, sculpture class of Christian Hoepfner, Academy of Fine Arts, Nuremberg
2004 Scholarship "Oskar-Karl-Forster" of Bavarian Department of Culture
2004 Art Award Hollfeld
2006 First Award, design of medal for competition Firmengärten, Bremen, Germany
2006 First Award, coin design, German Government, Bundesamt Berlin, Germany
2012 First Award, medal competition International Red Cross sesquicentennial, Buderus Casting
2023 First Award, Art Prize Sculptures - Scuptures by the Sea at North Sea Island Spiekeroog Works in public area 2007 fountain design, city of Bad Belzig
2008 bronze sculpture "Sitting Woman (longing), Isle of Wangerooge
2008 bronze sculptures „Dancing on the edge", SWB Bremerhaven
2009 wood sculpture „Sitting Girl", cultural park Tutti Kiesi, Rheinfelden near Basel
2010 wood sculpture "Sitting Woman", A + O Worpswede
2012 bronze sculptures, manor of Klein Glien
2013 bronze sculpture „Sitting Woman", Castle of Laubach
2021 Rostock, Klosterhof, Goldwerk, lebensgroße Bronze "Ebbe"
2022 bronze sculpture "Hockende" at Sculpture Park Kurpark Bad Salzhausen/Nidda
2023 bronze sculptures "Fluid" and "Sehnsucht" at Sculpture Park The Rhine Art in Katharinenhof Bonn
2023 several bronze sculptures on the North Sea Island Spiekeroog, Sculptures by the Sea - Skulpturen für die Insel
2023 bronze sculpture in sculpture park Schloss Benkhausen
2024 several bronze sculptures in the city of Weikersheim, Skulpturen Schau
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