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Julia
Buennagel's sculptural works are site-specific installations that conquer
the space they are exhibited in. The single sculptures remind in their
visual appearance of cocoons that are creeping and settling on the walls,
on the edges and in the corners of their surroundings. The idea of the
cocoon implies a kernel or a containment, it evokes the feeling that a
living creature is growing inside and will escape its wrap at a certain
moment. Nobody knows to say what this creature will be or look like and
its irritating expectation is stressed by the fact that the horns sitting
on the cocoon's surfaces seem to be generated in order to protect the
contents and to defend its vulnerability from attacks. Though the used
material is completely industrial and artificial the sculptural form is
very organic and extremely natural. The monochromatic and hermetic body is
fascinating the viewer with its attractivecontrast between aggressiveness
and vulnerability and becomes a symbol for people's ideas about the
otherness of nature. Its energetic intensity is terrifying and evoking
passion at the same time. |
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