From tree branches to car tires, from metal to papier mâché and plastic bottles, from wires and nails to seeds and plants, the materials giving substance and body to Isa Melsheimers sculptures and installations are manifold. Yet, as different as the components may be from one work to another, they form cohesive ensembles in which the artist’s very own visual vernacular leads to her signature aesthetic. The gallery is showcasing a recent series of sculptures by the German artist. Titled Metabolites, these ceramic sculptures juxtapose straight architectural forms and colourful organic objects in order to represent the renaturalisation as well as the ruination of buildings. Isa Melsheimer’s works are featured in private and public collections around the world, such as the Berlinische Galerie (Berlin), the Musée d’art contemporain de Nîmes (France), the Centre national des arts plastiques (CNAP) in Paris and the Collezione la Gaia (Busca, Italy).
1968 Born in Neuss, Germany
Photo and Courtesy Galerie nächst St. Stephan Rosemarie Schwarzwälder.
Photo and Courtesy Galerie nächst St. Stephan Rosemarie Schwarzwälder.
Photo and Courtesy Galerie nächst St. Stephan Rosemarie Schwarzwälder.
