I make sculptures in folded paper since about twenty-five years now.
My artistic practice is the fruit of various and diverse influences. I’ve studied the history of occidental art and architecture, though long solitary voyages, I’ve equally been confronted with different forms of popular and folk art.
Over the years, I’ve developed two principal types of production. The first treats the representation of Man through posters that I fold and transform into sculptures. It’s a material that I pick up by printers or in the streets, I also edit posters it if I need.
The second direction I am exploring is architectural. I look to work within the inherent nature and structural possibilities of paper, challenging their form and properties.To this end in my sculptures, I work also with pure white surfaces so as to arrange within the same space, complimentary yet textured visual effects.
My artistic practice is the fruit of various and diverse influences. I’ve studied the history of occidental art and architecture, though long solitary voyages, I’ve equally been confronted with different forms of popular and folk art.
Over the years, I’ve developed two principal types of production. The first treats the representation of Man through posters that I fold and transform into sculptures. It’s a material that I pick up by printers or in the streets, I also edit posters it if I need.
The second direction I am exploring is architectural. I look to work within the inherent nature and structural possibilities of paper, challenging their form and properties.To this end in my sculptures, I work also with pure white surfaces so as to arrange within the same space, complimentary yet textured visual effects.
Dossier artistique Y.Koerkel
