Inventive collaborators should not at all times human: one of many standout works at Artwork Rotterdam this 12 months is Slovakian artist and Rotterdammer Tomáš Libertíny’s bust of the traditional Egyptian queen, Nefertiti—created from 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 quick life-span of the employee bee, “[a] queen bee lives for 5 years, so she has to care nicely for her folks in any other case she is not going to 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 facility. You may also discover Libertíny’s honeycomb works in collections reminiscent of 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 most important problem. “I’m a bit drained carrying these fragile but heavy artworks,” he mentioned on the press opening. “Tomáš mentioned: ‘Don’t drop it!’”
