MARCO BODENSTEIN
Tradition and Surrealism in the work of
Marco Bodenstein
By B. John Zavrel
Marco Bodenstein is a European artist who combines
the classical tradition in art with the surrealism. Realism and
abstraction are two opposites which enhance each other. One can
understand the work of Marco better when one knows which artists have
inspired him: there is the Spaniard Salvador Dali, the Englishman
Henry Moore and the cosmopolitan Leonor Fini -- to mention only a
few.
The creator of objects of art and designer Marco
was born on January 7, 1957 in Kandy/Ceylon, the City of Kings.
Already at an early age he was engaged with the traditional culture
of this far east land. The roots of culture which he finds in the
ancient temples and in historical landscapes of Asia, have made an
imprint on his artistic work. And so in this manner Marco came to
photography and later on to creating sculptures.
- Study trips:
- Greece, United States, Spain, France (visits
to Bretagne and Paris), England, Hong-Kong, and the
Phillipines.
- Exhibitions:
- Germany, France, the United
States.
- Works:
- A cycle of objects of art "Hommage a Dali"
with the sculptures "Swan Angel", "The Egg-Venus of Milo", "Soft
Watch Egg", "Little Memory", "The Tower of the Erotic", the erotic
candle-holder "Adam and Eve".
- Religious objects:
- "The Christ of the Golgotha" with a small
piece of rock from Jerusalem, "Christ and the Vine of Life" (Ecce
Homo on a symbolic vine), and candleholder "Menorah and the Eye of
the Lord".
Copyright 1996 PROMETHEUS
Reprinted with permission
Keep informed - join our
newsletter:
Copyright 2001 West-Art
PROMETHEUS, Internet Bulletin for Art, Politics and
Science,