Cornelia Konrads

Cornelia Konrads

Passage

Various sticks, iron frame, steel rope

4.0 x 2.0 x 0.6 m. 

2007

Bio - Cornelia Konrads was born in 1957 in Germany. She has participated in many sculpture and land art projects throughout the world including France, USA, Australia, Italy and South Korea. She focuses on permanent and temporary works for public spaces, sculpture parks and private gardens.

Artist Statement -"I like to challenge what is supposed to be 'reliable' about reality: the laws of gravity, the solidity of walls or the ground under our feet… my installations can be seen as a filmstill, pointing backwards and forwards both temporally and spatially―an interim state, reflecting my idea of transience, passage and transformation." -Cornelia Konrads

Background - Konrads create her works in a way that seem to defy gravity hanging and stacking sticks from materials found near the site. In this piece she used the sticks to create a sort of doorway back into nature. One of the desired effects she creates with this piece is the inevitability that it will return to a natural state.

Konrads’ Passage exemplifies the idea that nature is a naturally beautiful artwork. It also shows how nature is a constantly changing occurrence and that nothing is permanent.