Artist Information:
Isolde Krams
Berlin,
Germany
Member Since: Feb 2007
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Artist Statement:
For most of her artistic
career, Isolde Krams has been
working from a feminist
perspective. Now her focus has
shifted to a concern for the
preservation of nature,
animals and the earth. Her
strong personal interest in
conservation and environmental
issues has resulted in the use
of environmentally sound
materials and found objects.
They vary from rubber to her
dog’s combed excess fur and
recycled shopping bags. In
Unfamiliar Turf, for instance,
an abandoned garden umbrella
was used to fashion the
elephant’s tusks.
Krams has devised a technique
in which she uses rubber latex
to give her sculptures a
skin-like quality. Works made
from this material are soft,
light, tactile and
psychologically charged. These
metamorphosed images use wit
and irony to challenge and
expand the potential of the
three dimensional form.
At present, she is working on
a series of over life-sized
fish that have been taken out
of their natural environment
and are bound and gagged.
These fish are “out of water”,
symbolising man’s
misappropriation, pillaging
and even misunderstanding of
nature. One of these fish was
recently purchased by the
Oliewenhuis Art Museum and
another, Out of Water, by the
Absa Bank Gallery. In ...
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Artist Exhibitions:
SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
2008: "Erden", artSPACE
berlin, Berlin.
2006: “Isolde Krams”, The ABSA
Gallery, Johannesburg.
2005: “Lostand Found”, rubber
sculptures and art film: “It’s
so beautiful italmost looks
artificial”, Bell-Roberts
Contemporary Art Gallery,
CapeTown.
2002: “Orb”, NSA Gallery,
Durban.
“MissWorld & Company”,
performance and installation,
Johannesburg Art Gallery,
Johannesburg, during ...
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Artist Galleries:
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Artist Reviews:
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Collections:
Collections:
South African National
Gallery, Cape Town.
Johannesburg Art Museum,
Johannesburg.
Gertrude Posel Gallery,
University of the
Witwatersrand, Johannesburg.
Sandton Art Museum, Sandton.
Pretoria Art Museum, Pretoria.
Durban Art Museum, Durban.
Gencor Art Collection,
Johannesburg.
Johannesburg Department of
Education, Johannesburg.
Oliewenhuis Art Museum,
Bloemfontein.
Absa Bank Art Collection,
Johannesburg.
As ...
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Commissions:
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Isolde Krams's Free Artist Portfolio
Welcome to Isolde Krams's Portfolio. Browse Krams's body of work: For most of her artistic career, Isolde Krams has been working from a feminist perspective. Now her focus has shifted to a concern for the preservation of nature, animals and the earth. Her strong personal interest in conservation and environmental issues has resulted in the use of environmentally sound materials and found objects. They vary from rubber to her dog’s combed excess fur and recycled shopping bags. In Unfamiliar Turf, for instance, an abandoned garden umbrella was used to fashion the elephant’s tusks.
Krams has devised a technique in which she uses rubber latex to give her sculptures ... |
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