ANNE KAMPSCHULTE

The artist, Dialogues with stone ...

... a way of communicating with life, and with nature, from both within and without.

... a way to address human curiosities about the mysteries of life, to seek out our place in the scheme of things.
Anne Kampschulte she was born in germany 1958 .she to spain, to the province of Almería in 1992. Since then she has worked as a sculptress, continually developing her technique of combining traditional manual methods with machine-working of stone and marble.

Affinity with stone is fundamental to her expression as an artist. Interacting with the material opens doors to explore the world of its feelings. To think like stone and to respect its characteristics go hand in hand with working directly with it, and give rise to a new form in complete harmony with its nature. The shaping is an organic, ongoing dialogue which gives the freedom to incorporate new ideas which arise out of the process itself.

Elemental Forms

All the sculptures are alive with the prints of the tools used to create them. In the series of works characterised by the imprints of the diamond disc, their paths assume a heightened importance, and cross my own. These marks, which are normally removed by subsequent working, become converted into the main protagonists of the piece.
These compositions have a different face, a more spontaneous, and a more experimental dialogue with the stone. This leads to the discovery of the hidden qualities of the material itself; stone – apparently so hard – displays an inner fragility which seems almost to evade human touch. On reaching such limits, new paths reveal themselves.

Contrastes

Rough and smooth are juxtaposed:
traces of cuts in the stone contrast with finely ground or polished surfaces. Ascending, elongated, geometric forms embody the masculine principle and contrast sharply with the often outwardly expanding, rounded feminine.
The inextricable relationship between the male and female principle comes repeatedly to the fore through the interweaving of hard and soft forms.

Alcabaza I

"...I well remember my first attempts to shape a piece of white Carrara, still clearly recalling the challenge in paring off tiny fragments of material to try and give form to my idea. I quickly reached my own limits, but I was captivated. It is exactly at the point of reaching limits that new paths reveal themselves."