The dark celebration of Gehard Demetz:
Wrote Apostolos Mitsios on yatzer, "Gehard Demetz is a mystery artist, the only thing that we know about
him is that he was born in 1972 in Italy and that he currently lives in
the mountains of Selva Gardena. Maybe this is the only thing that
matters when you set an eye on his absolutely marvelous wooden
sculptures, since you forget everything you may have in your mind. Why
lie, this is not wood, this is the material of dreams. And dreams
are the perfect place for dark surrealism to rise. What are those lost
children looking for? What’s the story that they hide? They look at you
and it seems that they are inviting you to torture them. Or to pay for
having tortured them in the past, as if they were the habitants of a
forgotten orphanage where bad things were happening."
Above and below, "You Have Stolen My Silence" (167.5 x 55 x 38cm).
"Their sad expressions come as a contrast to the almost porcelain aspect
of the wood. It seems that innocence was interrupted there and now
it’s time for justice, for the revenge of the good. The missing wooden
parts of the sculptures reveal the aching truth. That life may be at
moments superficial and seemingly happy-go-lucky, but nobody can hide
from the past, nobody can escape his ghosts. Gehard Demetz’s sculptures
leave you defenseless. Addicted to darkness, you keep begging for more."
Below, "My Headphones Save My Life" (158 x 38 x 35cm).
Above and below, "I Hear The Spirit While I Whisper" (166 x 105 x 37.5cm).
Below, "Don't Cry in Public" (170 x 108 x 34cm).
Demetz is represented by Galleria Rubin in Milan.
[via Milena]
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