Encounters
Mise en scène, staging, or confronting my sculpture with each other,
or combine it with e.g. classical, baroque , neorenaissance, or modern sculpture
Encounters
By using photos I confront one or more of my sculptures with other copies of my work, and with sculptures by others. I put pictures next to, or over each other to see what happens, how they influence each other. Sometimes there is a conscious connection between the works, for example in the case of Agamemnon and his war booty Kassandra, on their way from Troy to Mykene, on their way to Klytaimnestra, the vengeful wife of Agamemnon. I combined my sculpture of Agamemnon with a sculpture by the German sculptor Max Klinger (1857 – 1920), photographed in the Leopold Museum in Vienna. Hektor, the intended heir to the throne of Troy, who died in a battle with the Greek hero Achilles, is depicted twice. Woven in is the photograph of the sculpture of Andromache, his wife. The tragedy hides in the awareness of both of them about their fate and future suffering. Hektor was conscious of suffering defeat against the greatest hero of the Greeks. Andromache foresaw her fate, as a future widow with a young child who would not survive.
Sometimes in the portfolio "Encounters" there is no direct narrative connection between the sculptures, but I hope that this connection arises in the image. An example is the photo of a nymph's head from the “Hygieia-spring” behind Hamburg City Hall, made by the German sculptor Joseph von Kramer (1841 – 1908). I have combined a nymph’s head with a head of Persephone, made by me. I call the duplication "Korai amongst each other".Young girls they are, girls among each other. For me, it's all about meeting, about contrasting work, and about the added value of such a seemingly accidental encounter of strange couples.
Persephone lost in
Palais Daun-Kinsky Vienna
Left sculpture: Josef Kracker (1683 - 1733)
Right sculpture: Jos Letschert
Stages of Artemis
Sculpture by Jos Letschert
Stages of Persephone
Sculpture by Jos Letschert
Sorrow
Hektor and Andromache
Sculpture by Jos Letschert
Wrapped
Strange couples:
Artemis and Telemachos
Sculpture by Jos Letschert
Mixed feelings
Strange couples:
Aeneas, Ktimene and Persephone
Sculpture by Jos Letschert
Hera and Demeter
Paul Egell (1691 - 1752), Demeter
Schlosspark Schwetzingen
Jos Letschert , Another (H)era
Korai amongst each other
Left sculpture: Hamburg Hygieia Fountain
Joseph von Kramer (1841-1908)
Right sculpture, Persephone, Jos Letschert
Kassandra and Agamemnon
Just before being confronted
with Klytaimnestra & co.
Left sculpture: Kassandra by Max Klinger
(1857 - 1920)
Leopold Museum Vienna
Right sculpture: Agamemnon by Jos Letschert