Inventive collaborators should not at all times human: one of many standout works at Artwork Rotterdam this yr is Slovakian artist and Rotterdammer Tomáš Libertíny’s bust of the traditional Egyptian queen, Nefertiti—made out of honeycomb with the assistance of a colony of bees.
“Each time it’s a query of ready to see how the sculpture comes out of the beehive,” he tells the Volkskrant. He was impressed by the Egyptian parallels within the insect world and the concept of collective energy. Not like the mournfully brief life-span of the employee bee, “[a] queen bee lives for 5 years, so she has to care nicely for her individuals in any other case she won’t survive,” he says.
The work is being proven within the newly-minted Inventive Matter part of Artwork Rotterdam from 1 February on the Van Nelle manufacturing unit. You can even discover Libertíny’s honeycomb works in collections equivalent to MoMA in New York.
Hugo Borst, founding father of Galerie Weisbard (who’s exhibiting the work on the truthful), mentioned putting in the piece was the largest problem. “I’m a bit drained carrying these fragile but heavy artworks,” he mentioned on the press opening. “Tomáš mentioned: ‘Don’t drop it!’”
