Moon Jar 2010 – Jidang AND Untitled 2015 - Otto Bell (b.1952)
A Moon Jar is a type of traditional Korean white porcelain that was originally made during the late seventeenth and early eighteenth century, the later period of the Choson Dynasty (1392-1910). These vessels represented the epitome of the austere Confucian virtues of purity, honesty and modesty.
Otto bell operates from an expressly minimalist sensibility. His works, acutely reduced forms of steel, hover in space, almost cutting through it. Suspended by barely visible nylon threads, these sculptures – as lines drawn in space – seem to float and inhabit the air overhead. By using fine 3mm strips of steel, which he sharpens at the tip, the artist is capable of shaping visual statements that linger precariously on the edge: the works oscillate between presence and absence, the seen and the unseen, suggesting materiality and void. Articulating something that appears to be almost lighter than air. Boll invites us into a state of contemplation. One needs to walk around and under the work – in line with minimalist premises – in order to obtain a more “complete” experience and to activate a real-time multisensory perception.
Moon Jar 2010 – Jidang AND Untitled 2015 - Otto Bell (b.1952)
A Moon Jar is a type of traditional Korean white porcelain that was originally made during the late seventeenth and early eighteenth century, the later period of the Choson Dynasty (1392-1910). These vessels represented the epitome of the austere Confucian virtues of purity, honesty and modesty.
Otto bell operates from an expressly minimalist sensibility. His works, acutely reduced forms of steel, hover in space, almost cutting through it. Suspended by barely visible nylon threads, these sculptures – as lines drawn in space – seem to float and inhabit the air overhead. By using fine 3mm strips of steel, which he sharpens at the tip, the artist is capable of shaping visual statements that linger precariously on the edge: the works oscillate between presence and absence, the seen and the unseen, suggesting materiality and void. Articulating something that appears to be almost lighter than air. Boll invites us into a state of contemplation. One needs to walk around and under the work – in line with minimalist premises – in order to obtain a more “complete” experience and to activate a real-time multisensory perception.