Helfried Kodré´, Skulptur, Buchenholz, Acrylfarbe 2009

Jewellery and sculptural works by the outstanding Austrian jewellery artist

In the anniversary year 2010, Galerie Slavik dedicates a solo exhibition to the presentation of jewellery creations and, for the first time, miniature sculptures by the renowned Austrian jewellery artist Helfried KODRÉ.

The artist’s fascination and love of geometry is reflected both in his jewellery and in his small sculptures. He realises his ideas three-dimensionally, objectifying space through plastic illustration. Each individual piece is the result of a time-consuming process, which results in works of perfect geometric design, utmost precision and outstanding craftsmanship.

Minuscule rectangles and squares with variously textured surfaces are layered and nested within each other to form concise geometric miniature sculptures. Small ring sculptures are accentuated by colour fields of lapis lazuli, granite or turquoise inserts. Larger plates or rods of gold, silver and white gold, dynamically interconnected and interwoven become brooches, geometrically inspired sculpture-like works.

Helfried Kodré's small sculptural works - made of beech wood or metal, partly with colour accents - though to some extent a further development of concepts the artist developed in creating his jewellery sculptures, also comprise new, independent concepts realised in a larger dimension.

Kodré’s artistic discourse focuses on the constructive design of casings, the dialogue of inside and outside, the decomposition of volume and its three-dimensional arrangement in space. Mathematically exact figures are set in motion, tilting to one side, extending and stretching into different directions, dissolving existing orders. Kodré's work translates the artist’s world of concepts and ideas into the three-dimensional space of sculptural works.

Come and see these new masterpieces created by Helfried Kodré!