andrea amelung
Her achievements with texture produce a weathered time-tested appearance to the application of paint. Other works are approached with graduations of a particular hue, to allow for the richest expression of the dominant color. Geometric forms and gestural lines are scrawled into or on the top of the paint, evoking both modern and ancient art forms. Amelung uses pure pigments in combination with unusual painting media such as plastic, sand, ash and marble dust. Her superb layering effects are also achieved by applying washes of beeswax and then scraping sections to reveal the layers below, providing a potent sense of texture and depth. Beyond testing the limits of the painting process, art for her is a means to express emotions that are not easy to verbalize or represent. Abstract art is a visceral, instantly accessible plane of discourse with her audience. Amelung has exhibited and sold to private collectors worldwide.
Since 2020 she has been working on mosaic sculptures made of stones or concrete and large mobilees, made of metal or fluorescent acrylic glass rings.
The artist lives and works in Berlin and Spain.
Appointments
acrylic & pigment works
In the pigment works pure pigments as color bodies, powdery and grainy will be brought on the canvas - with the result of intensely luminous color effects
Chalk, stone and marbledust
The haptic white chalk works are created by various mixing techniques of chalk, wire, paper, sand from all over the world and multi-layered marble dust to give each work a haptic texture and depth. Depending on the light and the sun shining onto the artwork, shadows arise and migrate across it which breaths life and dynamic into the work
rust & patina
The rust- and patinaworks are created by different oxidation techniques with iron powder, iron filings, sand, copper particles, brass and bronze chips and various rust solutions.
Sculptures/Mosaic
The sculptures consist of a concrete structure or of stacked stones that are attached to an iron rod anchored in the ground. I work with colored mirror glass, mirror mosaic, mother-of-pearl mosaic, Tiffany glass, glass mosaic, ice-glass mosaic, glass nuggets, ceramic mosaic, broken mosaic and stone mosaic.
Mosaikskulptur
155 x 44 x 50 cm
Mosaikskulptur
152 x 55 x 25 cm
Mosaikskulptur
168 x 50 x 55 cm
Mosaikskulptur
168 x 50 x 55 cm
Kinetic-Art
The XXL mobilés (in sizes of, for example: 160 x 160 cm, 150 x 110 cm, 120 x 110 cm, 95 x 110 cm, 140 x 60 cm, 105 x 70 cm, 50 x 70 cm, etc.) consist of different colored fluorescent acrylic glass pieces / rings in various shapes that catch the sunlight during the day and reflect the light.
When the sun shines on it, the mobile looks twice as big because the sun projects the shapes onto the wall or floor. The mobile lights up especially on sunny days but also on bad weather days.
The individual parts hang on steel wire and (depending on the model) are connected with vortices or rings to allow flowing movements in all directions. Even a slight wind or air flow sets everything in motion that involves changes in shape and is very beautiful to look at. The mobile is provided with a long nylon cord with a loop and can be hung on any ceiling hook.
140 x 60 cm
150 x 110 cm
120 x 100 cm
160 x 160 cm