Donat Fritschy
Sculptures.
Donat Fritschy prefers to work with stone and wood. His sculptures often develop intuitively and processually. It is not uncommon that organic forms are created, inviting you to touch them. The hardness of the material contrasts with the feel of its polished surface – hard becomes soft. Larger works follow a concept and a structured execution, but also there is often a transformation thought in the background, for example with a stela whose surface gradually changes due to periodic wetting, or a stone roller that smoothes waves. Other works deal with pain, wounds and their healing, such as the sculpture „The Scream“ in the exhibition „Healing“.
Donat Fritschy, computer scientist and sculptor, born 1956, lives and works in Bern (Switzerland).
Der Schrei / The Scream, 2009, Marmor Cristallina, 15 x 50 x 36 cm
Olive Torso, Olovenholz / olive wood, 95 x 35 x 30 cm
Black Torso, 2012, Birke gerusst / Birch blackened, 70 x 32 x 26 cm
Grey Torso 2012, Alabaster schwarz /Alabaster black, 50 x 38 x 16 cm
Evolution, 2010, Marmor / Marble Carrara, 27 x 35 x 35 cm
Floating, 2016, Marmor / Marble Cristallina
Olive Kernels, 2017, Olivenholz gerusst / Olive wood smoked, je/each 30 x 15 x 15 cm
Black Seed, 2012, Kalk schwarz, Irland / Black lime, Ireland, 20 x 42 x 24 cm
Jurassic Seed, 2002, Jurakalk / Jurassic lime, 25 x 42 x 24 cm
Multipod, 2011, Marmor / Marble Carrara, 50 x 40 x 25 cm
Teardrop, 2013, Alabaster, Zinn/Pewter, 37 x 19 x 16 cm
Torso in Space (Hommage à Alexander Archipenko), 2004, Marmor / Marble Cristallina
Constant Change, 2007, Marmor / Marble Cristallina, Regner / Sprinkler, 230 x 25 x 25 cm
Wogen glätten / Smoothing the waves, 2008, Gneis Maggia, Stahl, Wasser / Granite Maggia, Steel, Water, 260 x 100 x 70 cm
Zeig mir Deine Wunden / Show me your wounds 2011, Marmor / Marble Cristallina 7 pieces, je / each 80-120 x 20 x 20 cm
Serenity, 2006, Marmor / Marmor Carrara, 230 x 35 x 25 cm