Vogelwesen

Hans Uhlmann was a graduate engineer and began to be artistically active and create his first sculptures while pursuing his original profession. More interested in understanding aesthetic form from a scientific perspective than in expressive design, Uhlmann was inspired by the variety of phenomena of his environment, examining them with respect to their mathematical and physical laws, their organic structures, and spatial relationships.

»Bird-Like Creature« is a filigree metal sculpture composed of a freely formed wire and a pedestal. It transcends the static, closed quality of traditional sculpture in such a way that the metal configuration becomes a tension-filled play of lines floating in space. The undulating formal complex is only vaguely reminiscent of the figure of a bird. Instead, the work lends visual form to the artist’s abstract idea of the animal’s spatial-dynamic form, underlining the extent to which Uhlmann’s work can be seen in the tradition of Russian Constructivism.