AKKU KUNSTKISTE USTER - Adrian Küenzi, Dürnten - "Schiffsskelett"

Adrian Künzi
1956 Stein am Rhein CH
After a preliminary course, he completed his studies at the
University of Applied Sciences for Design Zurich. Since 1989 he has worked
as a freelance artist with a focus on wood sculptures
wood sculptures and prints. His artistic approach
arises from a fundamental question about the nature
of the material.
"Ship skeleton"
Adrian Künzi presents a wooden object at the Akku Kunstkiste in the public space, Stadtpark Uster
The ship's skeleton stands on wobbly stilts and is not perfectly stable - it struggles against the gravity of the shipping container. The container is functionally standardized, brutally honest.
My ship's skeleton is made of oak wood, milled with a chainsaw as a direct, physical tool.
The heavy, resistant wood meets the fragile construction - a play between mass and apparent weightlessness. The ship stands elevated, removed from the ground, as if it were already on a journey. I am interested in the lightness: visually, statically and symbolically. The stilts not only carry weight, but also the idea of uncertainty and balance. At the same time, the ship is a journey into myth. As a vehicle between worlds, between reality and imagination, between departure and uncertainty.


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