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Lynn Chadwick, Tokyo l, 1962

Kunstneren Lynn Chadwick har i dette værk,Tokyo l , undersøgt skulpturmediets gennem formgivning og materialevalg. Den bemalede jernskulptur har et industrielt, råt udtryk, og værket får et mekanisk look i kraft af det sortmalede jernmateriale. Chadwicks skulpturer befinder sig i et spændingsfelt mellem abstrakte og figurative udtryk, men dette værk hører til den mere abstrakte del af Chadwicks virke.

Lynn Chadwick anses som en af efterkrigstidens mest betydelige kunstnere. Chadwick var uddannet arkitekt men gjorde under Anden Verdenskrig militærtjeneste som pilot. Efter fredsslutningen i 1945 kunne han fokusere på sit kunstneriske virke. Chadwick udstillede i sin levetid over hele verden og er i dag rigt repræsenteret på museer i Europa og USA.

The British sculptor Lynn Chadwick is regarded as one of the most important post-war artists. Chadwick was trained as an architect but served as a pilot during World War II. After the peace treaty in 1945 he was able to return to his artistic career. In his lifetime Lynn Chadwick’s works were exhibited all over the world, and today they can be viewed at numerous museums in Europe and the USA.

In this arrangement you see a group of small sculptures, ready for battle like an army of robot-like creatures. The works bear titles like Transmuter, Insider and Golliwog and are reminiscent of creatures from an inventive, playful world. If you look closely, you will see that Chadwick has used small industrial parts like chains, tubes and cogwheels, which have been painted black. This endows the iron figures with a mechanical expression.