Playing with shadows: sculptural work by Diet Wiegman

2024 Author: Richard Flannagan | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-15 23:55

Sculptures Diet Wiegman at first glance seem to be a monstrous jumble of glass shards, tangled wires and plastic waste, behind which it is difficult to see the elements of the composition or the author's intention. But it is worth highlighting them at a certain angle - and a shadow in the shape of a figure will fall on the wall opposite to the light source. Michael Jackson or Venus de Milo.

Diet Wigman was born in 1944 in the Netherlands. His father and grandfather were artists, so there is nothing surprising in his choice of a future profession. Dit graduated Rotterdam School of Art in 1965, around the same time, his first experiments with sculpture belong.

With your sculptures Diet Wigman gives the viewer the opportunity to take a fresh look at what in the usual sense is "rubbish". This approach has already become quite common in contemporary art. It is worth remembering at least the works of Hong Hao or Barbara Frank. But in the case of works Dita, the viewer witnesses the “birth” of a work of art from a pile of rubbish. The beauty of this idea and the elegance of its presentation in the artist's works can be appreciated by any person, regardless of his age, gender or educational level.

The correct balance of light and shadow is extremely important in the process of making any sculptural work. Not everyone guesses about this, but after getting acquainted with the works Dita Wigman, he will no longer be able to ignore it. Thus, the artist manages not only to please the eye of the viewer, but also to saturate his mind with new knowledge from the field of art history. Such advantages Dita Wigman in front of other representatives of the so-called "trash art" made his work famous all over the world and gave rise to many students and naive imitators.