Alexander Curtius, sculptor and furniture designer, produces the unique pieces by hand.
His living sculptures are carved out of solid trunks or assembled blanks by eye. From the chainsaw to the sandpaper, all classic tools from sculpture and carpentry are used.
Curtius distinguishes itself through its special trademark: the simple and flowing design, which is completely functional.
This exceptional table can be used as dining table or desk.
Alexander Curtius, Bildhauer und Möbeldesigner fertigt die gezeigten Unikate von Hand.
Seine Wohnskulpturen werden aus massiven Stämmen oder zusammengesetzten Rohlingen nach Augenmass herausgearbeitet. Von der Motorsäge bis zum Schleifpapier kommen dabei alle klassischen Werkzeuge aus Bildhauerei und Schreinerei zum Einsatz.
Dabei unterscheidet sich Curtius durch sein besonderes Markenzeichen: Der einfachen und fliessenden Formgebung, die vollkommen in ihrer Funktion aufgeht. Dies zeigt sich hervorragend in seinen Liegen, die sich vollends dem Körper anpassen und durch ihre Beweglichkeit eine absolute Entspannung bewirken.
Rope dance between strength and vulnerability
With the series TMS I researched the vulnerability and convertibility of plains and reached the borders of the material’s possibilities. Aim was a transformation by only minimal injury of the matter. A rope dance between strength and vulnerability inside the matter. A rigid metal sheets gets worked with lasers in such a way that it can easily be folded by hand. A plain mutating to a volume. It is a metamorphose – not generating a completely different object. Rather a metamorphose on half way. Depending on the perspective, the result flickers between emptiness, surface, and volume. Similar to a picture puzzle.
Klaas Kloosterboer lives and works in Amsterdam after attending the Rijksakademie there. He had solo exhibitions at the Badischer Kunstverein, Karlsruhe (2003), and at Villa Roma, Florence (2010). As part of the Reykjavik Arts Festival (2009), he had a solo exhibition in Sudsudvestur. He participated in ‘Dumb painting’ at Centraal Museum, Utrecht (1992); ‘Bildraum Erweitert’ at Museum Dhondt-Dhaenens, Deurle (1997) and The ‘Projection Project, Budapest episode’ at Kunsthalle, Budapest (2007). In 2009 Museum Boijmans van Beuningen presented work by Kloosterboer in The New Collection, and in 2011 he was part of the Maurice van Valen donation show in Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam. His work was on view at the exhibition XXXL Painting with Klaas Kloosterboer, Chris Martin and Jim Shaw at the Submarine-wharf curated by Museum Boijmans director Sjarel Ex and curator Els Hoek.
Klaas Kloosterboer lives and works in Amsterdam after attending the Rijksakademie there. He had solo exhibitions at the Badischer Kunstverein, Karlsruhe (2003), and at Villa Roma, Florence (2010). As part of the Reykjavik Arts Festival (2009), he had a solo exhibition in Sudsudvestur. He participated in ‘Dumb painting’ at Centraal Museum, Utrecht (1992); ‘Bildraum Erweitert’ at Museum Dhondt-Dhaenens, Deurle (1997) and The ‘Projection Project, Budapest episode’ at Kunsthalle, Budapest (2007). In 2009 Museum Boijmans van Beuningen presented work by Kloosterboer in The New Collection, and in 2011 he was part of the Maurice van Valen donation show in Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam. His work was on view at the exhibition XXXL Painting with Klaas Kloosterboer, Chris Martin and Jim Shaw at the Submarine-wharf curated by Museum Boijmans director Sjarel Ex and curator Els Hoek.
Rope dance between strength and vulnerability
With the series TMS I researched the vulnerability and convertibility of plains and reached the borders of the material’s possibilities. Aim was a transformation by only minimal injury of the matter. A rope dance between strength and vulnerability inside the matter. A rigid metal sheets gets worked with lasers in such a way that it can easily be folded by hand. A plain mutating to a volume. It is a metamorphose – not generating a completely different object. Rather a metamorphose on half way. Depending on the perspective, the result flickers between emptiness, surface, and volume. Similar to a picture puzzle.