Axel Anklam - Light walker

ZAK - Center for Contemporary Art

Axel Anklam - Lichtwanderer

Axel Anklam (1971 - 2022) is a sculptor known for his abstract, organically shaped, light-flooded sculptures. In his works, he combines classic and contemporary materials - hard materials such as stainless steel and innovative materials such as glass fiber reinforced plastic, epoxy resin and carbon.With a profound knowledge of static and musical-rhythmic laws, Anklam's sculptures combine weightlessness, transparency and mass in a fascinating way. The translucent sculptures are based on impressions of landscapes, in particular mountain worlds and the dynamics of winds. He expanded his artistic repertoire to include titanium-coated reliefs, which create an interplay of light and shadow in gold or black. The reflective surfaces create a three-dimensional space that encourages reflection on the self, life and the interactions between light, form and nature. These ideas also characterize his art-in-building projects realized with Thomas Henninger, such as Solaris at the TU Bergakademie Freiberg orMusic at the Berlin-Spandau music school.

Axel Anklam (* 1971 in Wriezen, † 2022 in Berlin) trained as a blacksmith from 1987 to 1990 and became a master blacksmith in 1993. From 1998 to 2001, he studied sculpture at Burg Giebichenstein in Halle and continued his studies from 2002 to 2006 at the University of the Arts inBerlin, where he was a master student of Tony Cragg.

Curated by Dr. Karin Rase and Christiane Bühling-Schultz with Nadja Anklam.

In cooperation with the Brandenburg State Museum of Modern Art, Packhof, Frankfurt (Oder).Translated with DeepL

Runtime: Sat, 01/02/2025 to Wed, 30/04/2025

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