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Portrait of a sculptor |
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A tent shaped as a surreal huge insect designed for Images of Asia 2003 |
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A giant sculpture formed as a surreal huge insect, similar to a daddy-long-legs set the scene of the in auguration in Odense of the festival Images of Asia. The 300 square metre and 12 metre high pavilion consists of apparently inconsistent materials as titanium, stainless steel, canvas and bamboo. The choice of materials expresses the enormous contrasts within the Asian continent. In Asia, with over half of the world’s population, high-tech and ancestral know-how live side by side – the standard of living reaches from extreme poverty to modern consumerism. About the construction, the until now biggest created at Jens Galschiot’s workshop, the sculptor declares: In spite of the contrasting materials the sculpture appears as an organic whole, almost as a surreal huge insect. Its 10 metre long legs carry a mountain of large titanium plates. It is one of the most peculiar sculptures I have ever made, but I think that Eastern culture deserves to be displayed in a space of mythical radiation. See photos |
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Each leg ends up in a fountain with three middle-age gargoyles squirting out water into the basin. |