The status of sculpture in the field of art is self-evident, the price and value of excellent works are immeasurable, in addition to the artistic value, we often see landscape sculptures in parks and streets, but also play a role in beautifying the environment.
Sculpture works, like other works of art, need to take into account both beauty and connotation, when there is a conflict between the two, the artist usually chooses the latter, for the artist, the expression and meaning of the work is important, so we will see many sculpture works that are not so beautiful.
Some time ago, Xiao Dai was "startled" by a group of sculptures, the prototype of this group of sculptures we are very familiar with, that is, matchsticks, the general boxed match head is composed of materials such as antimony trisulfide and potassium chlorate, and the matchstick is made of wood soft poplar or pine, the side of the paper is mainly red phosphorus, gently rubbing will ignite the fire.
However, this "match sculpture" work is not just a simple match, the artist turned the head of the match into a human head, imagine how scary it is to pull open a box of matches and a row of human heads appear.
The sculptor named Wolfgang Stiller created this group of works is not to be intimidating, but to express the fragility of human life through these sculptures.
Wolfgang Stiller is a French artist who has been making matchmaking series for nearly two decades, and each match sculpture is nearly life-sized. Matchheads are usually bright red and inky black, representing before and after a match burns. The head figures of each match have very different expressions, with pain, joy and calm, and you can find almost all the emotions of human beings in these works.
It is worth mentioning that these sculptures that look like they are made of wood are actually bronze sculptures. The materials produced are not critical, what is key is the connotation of these sculptural works. Wolfgang Stiller said: "Human beings are very forgetful, this is an undeniable fact, each of us has a fixed and short life, all experiences will end with death, this set of works that allegorically die out, is not in the prediction of the end, but for the encouragement of life, it will teach people to cherish the present life, life is more meaningful." 」