Anne Kampschulte
Dialogues with stone ...
... a way of communicating with life, and with nature, from both within and without.
... a way to address human curiosities about the mysteries of life, to seek out our place in the scheme of things.
Anne Kampschulte moved to the province of Almería in 1992. Since then she has worked as a sculptress, continually developing her technique of combining traditional manual methods with machine-working of stone and marble.
Afinity with stone is fundamental to her expression as an artist. Interacting with the material opens doors to explore the world of its feelings. To think like stone and to respect its characteristics go hand in hand with working directly with it, and give rise to a new form in complete harmony with its nature. The shaping is an organic, ongoing dialogue which gives the freedom to incorporate new ideas which arise out of the process itself.
Black fertility, 2008
(Marble Negro Marquina)
Desert cube
Fertility
Form and structure
as a reflection of passing time,
growing
as a creative life principle.
Sculpture
as an expression of time and space
Payasa, 2008
(Petit Granit)
Payasa
The clown
In Anne`s work, nature and sculpture go hand in hand.
The individual style from this sulptress is characterized by contrast.
"Ideas emerge to spread their senses in all directions. They come and go like the wind, as light as air, appearing only to conceal themselves once again. The will to create a peaceful alternative in this bellicose world is the relentless motivation to shape new ideas about humankind and the environment."
Torox, 2008
(Petit Granit)
Contrastes
Rough and smooth are juxtaposed:
traces of cuts in the stone contrast with finely ground or polished surfaces. Ascending, elongated, geometric forms embody the masculine principle and contrast sharply with the often outwardly expanding, rounded feminine.
The inextricable relationship between the male and female principle comes repeatedly to the fore through the interweaving of hard and soft forms.
Alcabaza I, 2007
(Marble Blanco Carrara)
Alcabaza I
"...I well remember my first attempts to shape a piece of white Carrara, still clearly recalling the challenge in paring off tiny fragments of material to try and give form to my idea. I quickly reached my own limits, but I was captivated. It is exactly at the point of reaching limits that new paths reveal themselves."