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Young girl IV, 2019
Bronze
91 × 28 × 28 cm
Ex.-Nr. 6/8
Signed, dated and numbered
Kunstgießerei Kirchner & Schnappinger, Ascholding
Provenance:
Studio of the artist
Literature:
Kunst-Stücke: Eine Ausstellung auf Reisen, München - Hannover - Köln, Ausst.-Kat. Galerie Koch, Hannover 2021, S. 48f.
About the artist
The works of the sculptor Susanne Kraißer, born in Rosenheim in 1977, are in the tradition of figurative sculpture. Her main subject is the classical subject of sculpture and sculpture: the human figure. Kraißer concentrates on the female body. In individual figures, created in series (e.g. Mädchen mit Mini, since 2011; An der Wasserkante, since 2011; Kleine Sitzende, since 2016) or as a singular figure, she primarily thematises formal and essential contrasts such as stability and instability or block-like mass and fragile body formation. In recent years, Kraißer has realised several couple depictions as well as individual figures combined with depictions of fruit or flowers.Susanne Kraißer's bronze sculptures are classic and yet they surprise with new formal inventions, new possibilities of presentation and their very own aesthetics. Kraißer's favourite material is bronze, which she patinates in different ways.
After training as a wood sculptor in Munich, Susanne Kraißer studied fine sculpture at the Academy of Fine Arts in Nuremberg under Professor Christian Höpfner (2001/02 class prize of the Höpfner sculpture class; master student since 2003) and from 2006 fine art, specialising in sculpture, at the University of the Arts in Bremen under Professor Bernd Altenstein (master student in 2008). Since then, the sculptor has worked as a freelance artist. Her work has been honoured with numerous solo exhibitions, including the exhibition Zweite Bronzezeit (2018) at the Ostholstein-Museum, Eutin.
The bronze shows the nude of a young girl. Calm and introverted, she stands with both feet firmly on the ground, her head tilted slightly to one side. Her straight, upright figure and the soft features of her face convey the light-heartedness of youth. The inward-looking expression of her posture and gaze, however, lends the young girl a certain vulnerability.
The sculptor Susanne Kraißer focusses on the human figure in its physicality, emotional state and allegorical implications. Kraißer is thus part of the tradition of figurative sculpture, which is still relevant today despite abstraction, object art and technological sculpture. The sculptor is particularly concerned with the female figure as a nude or in contemporary garb. These are mostly solitary figures of girls and women whose forms are orientated towards visible reality. Kraißer's sculptures show independence and are contemporary and well thought-out in their contextualisation.
The sculptor Susanne Kraißer focusses on the human figure in its physicality, emotional state and allegorical implications. Kraißer is thus part of the tradition of figurative sculpture, which is still relevant today despite abstraction, object art and technological sculpture. The sculptor is particularly concerned with the female figure as a nude or in contemporary garb. These are mostly solitary figures of girls and women whose forms are orientated towards visible reality. Kraißer's sculptures show independence and are contemporary and well thought-out in their contextualisation.