Recreation (Skulptur)

At the beginning of the 1980s, it was scientifically confirmed that the white, ancient ideal that runs through our culture as an aesthetic formal language was a pure assumption. However, numerous finds proving the opposite were once again declared to be forgeries in the past. The lack of color deprived the sculptures and buildings of their naturalistic elements and were thus transferred to a higher level, which became a characteristic of the Enlightenment.

The rise of fascism in the 20th century also made use of the white formal language as a clear, pure symbolism and exaggeration of an ideal. The work Recreation returns the architectural elements to their original polychromy and breaks the myth of the empty, white appearance. The sculptures attempt to recall a past order. They call for regeneration instead of having to go through a series of reproductions that are not their own, but imposed on them.

The work exists in its own temporal dimension – between exhaustion, awakening and transcendence.

(Statement on the work by Alex Besta)

In cooperation with Philippe Mainz (Video)

Sculpture from the room installation: “Recreation“