The House as an Entrance Door into an Archetypal order in Thomas Virnich’s Sculptural Work
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German Sculpture, Archetype, Space, HouseAbstract
The image of the house works as an axis in Thomas Virnich’s sculptures. The meaning of the house will be analysed in this study and will let us understand the artist’s research, then having an insight of Virnich’s imaginary universe. Besides, we will show the role of two significant concepts in his work: centre and border. Finally, we will explore the artist’s rejection of a unidirectional view of the reality. This last issue it is obvious in Virnich production due to his attempt to join through his sculptures different dualities such as upper/lower, inner/outer, real/unreal or positive/negative. This paper studies the role of the house following an anthropological and archetypical approach.Downloads
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