Aron Demetz, *Vipiteno, 1972
lives and works in Val Gardena

untitled, 2017
mammoth tree, 160 x 98 x 70 cm

Cujidures, ce, 2010
walnut wood, resin, 30 x 36 x 40 cm

Präsenz, 2017
burnt wood, 63 x 40 x 33 cm

untitled, 2017
wood, resin, 80 x 46 x 26 cm

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Selected Exhibitions                                                                                                                                      Legno/Len/Holz - Galleria Civica Trento, Italy, 2017; Asia University - Museum of Modern Art Taipeh - Taiwan, 2016; Museo de Arte e Historia de Guanajuato, Mexico, 2016; Art Center Hugo Voeten, Herentals, Belgium, 2015; Hans Arp Museum Rolandseck,Germany, 2014; Macro Mattatoio Pelanda, Rome, Italy, 2012; 53. Venice Biennale, Italy, 2009; Pac Milano, Italy, 2008; I Biennale Gherdëina, Ortisei, Italy, 2008.

Unlike most of Aron Demetz’s other works, the large-scale sculpture “Senza titolo” (Untitled) is not part of a series. With all its monumentality and ruggedness, it’s as if it were standing still in an adamant affirmation of pain and poetry. The surface is cleverly finished with large rough cuts and unusual pink and white blotches that reproduce the natural colouring of wood. Like the various series of resin and burnt sculptures, the work is emblematic of the leitmotiv of all the artist’s oeuvre: namely the pain and suffering that accompany the vulnerability of the human body.