Lotto 67 | Nagel Johannes

Cambi Casa d'Aste - Via San Marco 22, 20121 Milano

Nagel Johannes

Nagel Johannes, Deliberately questioning the widely accepted status of pottery as a functional, domestic and decorative craft, Nagel turns to clay as the privileged arena for his formal and conceptual explorations, rehearsing, through an eclectic array of vessels, the timeless debate of form vs. function, control vs. spontaneity, rigour vs. improvisation. "Untitled" results from a process called sand-casting: the artist creates caves from sand monoliths by digging freehand in a process that recalls archaeology. In these empty spaces, he pours fine porcelain, which is imprinted with sand and the traces of the manual work. Once the residual sand has been extracted, the artwork comes out of its "sarcophagus" to be glazed and fired. The artwork surface is not perfect; it shows the working process. The object looks like it's not finished. The sculpture, instead, is perfect. -- Unique Shipped from Italy Item liable to VAT 2018