Manders, Mark | Iron Head on Concrete Floor, 2013 — available on Composition Gallery

Patinated bronze (50x23.3x76 cm), bronze, wood, concrete (14x106x151 cm), glass (86x103x153 clm)

Mark Manders (Netherlands, 1968) is a visual artist known for his ongoing project, 'Self-Portrait as a Building,' initiated in 1986. His work encompasses sculpture, installation, and drawing, often featuring archetypal forms and familiar materials like clay, steel, and wood. Manders' art explores themes of identity and language, creating timeless, enigmatic spaces.

Mark Manders

Iron Head on Concrete Floor, 2013

Name: Iron Head on Concrete Floor, 2013
SKU: 5478

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Sculpture / Object

Sculpture / ObjectA sculpture is a three-dimension object made using any one of the basic sculpting processes. These include carving, casting, constructing or modeling. Carving materials may be bone, ivory, stone or wood. Modeling and casting use clay or wax, while constructions glue materials together.

Medium

Bronze

BronzeBronze is a metal alloy made primarily of copper and tin, with a typical modern composition of 88% copper and 12% tin. Over time, bronze develops a patina, a surface color that often turns deep green due to oxidation. Large bronze objects, such as sculptures, are typically made in foundries. Bronze is valued for its durability and has been widely used throughout history for art, tools, and weapons.

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I imagine that all of my works are tested in supermarkets.
- Mark Manders

Mark Manders is widely recognised for his extensive, long-standing creation of a series titled ‘Self Portraits as a Building’ - a range of installations, sculptures and drawings that have been likened to a physical depiction of narratives, language and structured sentences. Manders’ use of materials within his installations strays from the norm and often includes items such as light bulbs, blankets, chairs and even dead animals. The first installation of Manders’ ‘Self Portraits’ series was the architectural plan titled Inhabited for a Survey (First Floor Plan) - a plan that was drawn on the floor of a gallery using crayons and pencils. Manders has stated that this fictional building he is attempting to denote is actually an allusion to his own alter-ego - the Mark Manders that is separate from his persona as an artist; he has described this alter-ego as a ‘neurotic, sensitive individual who can only exist in an artificial world.’

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