Frank Teufel (eng)
Frank Teufel
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| Artist | Frank Teufel |
| Hometown | Tuttlingen (D) |
| Country | Germany |
Short CV of the artist
| Year | Event |
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| 1966 | Born in Tuttlingen (Baden-Württemberg) |
| 1984-1987 | Apprenticeship as a stone sculptor |
| 1991-1993 | Attended the Master school for stonemasons and stone sculptors in Mainz |
| 1996-1999 | Studied at the Academy for Design in Ulm |
| Since 2004 | Member of the VBKW (Association of Visual Artists Württemberg) |
| Since 2008 | Member of the BfB (Association of Freelance Sculptors) Baden-Wuerttemberg) |
He is a freelance artist in Tuttlingen - works abstractly in stone.
The work of the artist
The apparent lightness of the lines Frank Teufel draws in the stone contradicts the heaviness of the source material - he literally provokes the limits of statics. These lines enter into an exciting connection with each other or with themselves. Sometimes concave - sometimes convex - sometimes uniformly parallel - sometimes in a pointed turning away from each other, only to carefully approach each other again later. In an inner dialogue with the sculptures, the viewer allows the sometimes quite daring play with gravity to take effect on him. With their reduction to clearly abstracted forms, the works invite the viewer's own interpretations, which is why Frank Teufel usually quite deliberately refrains from using descriptive titles. The craftsmanship intentionally leaves traces on the surface of the stone. The original materiality and crystallinity can still be experienced in the shallows - nothing is dressed up or smoothed. The surface bears witness to an honest approach - the traces resemble impressions, experiences that make each individual sculpture - and transfer each life - unique. The pure white and the texture of the Laas (Lasa) marble have always exerted a very special attraction upon Frank Teufel.
Works
- 23003
- 23002
- 17004
- 4-13
- 2-13
