Augustin, Till – Galerie Renate Bender

Till Augustin

Die Kräfte der Umwälzung – 2021, 3 Stahlseile, geschmiedet, feuerverzinkt, patiniert, poliert, 59 x 43,5 x 63,5 cm, ca. 150 kg

hélix I – 2018/2020, Stahlseil und Stahl, feuerverzinkt, gesägt, geschliffen und patiniert, 38,5 x 51 x 40 cm, ca. 50 kg

schwarz ist schön I – 2021, Verbundglasblock gesägt, gemeißelt, gebrochen und patiniert, 14 x 14 x 14 cm

schwarz ist schön II – 2021, Verbundglasblock gesägt, gebrochen, bemalt und verspiegelt, 23 x 23 x 6,5 cm

schwarz ist schön III – 2021, Verbundglasblock gesägt, gebrochen, bemalt und verspiegelt, 28 x 28 x 6,5 cm

Ent-Windung V – 2016, Stahlseile feuerverzinkt, gesägt, geschliffen und patiniert, 72 x 19 x 17 cm

Manna – 2019, Verbundglasblock, gesägt, gemeißelt, gebrochen, ca. 160 kg, 37 x 55 x 37 cm

Der Gordische Knoten GK 18-1 – 2017, Stahlseile feuerverzinkt, gesägt, geschliffen und patiniert, 20,5 x 20,5 x 20,5 cm

Topography III - 2017, Glasplatten gebohrt, sandgestrahlt, bemalt und verspiegelt

Die Kräfte der Umwälzung – 2021, 3 steel cables, forged, galvanised, patinated, polished, 59 x 43,5 x 63,5 cm, ca. 150 kg

hélix I – 2018/2020, steel cable and steel, galvanized, sawn, sanded and patinated, 38,5 x 51 x 40 cm, ca. 50 kg

schwarz ist schön I – 2021, laminated glass block, sawed, chiseled, broken and patinated, 14 x 14 x 14 cm

schwarz ist schön II – 2021, laminated glass block, sawed, broken, painted and mirrored, 23 x 23 x 6,5 cm

schwarz ist schön III – 2021, laminated glass block, sawed, broken, painted and mirrored, 28 x 28 x 6,5 cm

Ent-Windung V – 2016, hot-dip galvanized steel cables, sawn, sanded and patinated, 72 x 19 x 17 cm

Manna – 2019, laminated glass, cut, chiseled, polished, ca. 160 kg, 37 x 55 x 37 cm

Der Gordische Knoten GK 18-1 – 2017, hot-dip galvanized steel cables, sawn, sanded and patinated, 20,5 x 20,5 x 20,5 cm

Topography III - 2017, laminated glass, drilled, sandblasted, painted, on mirror, 270 x 50 x 2,5 cm

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Till Augustin was born in 1951 near Starnberg / Bavaria, Germany. He lives and works in Nuremberg, Germany.

Till Augustin turns massive glass sheets – more correctly floatglass – into blocks of laminated glass of a great variety of volumes. The artist shapes these complex glass blocks like a sculptor, not only by means of hammer and chisel but by pneumatic drills and grinding devices. Due to this extremely rough forming process pieces of glass develop – edgy, sometimes almost aggressive sculptures – that are often placed in the height of the viewer‘s eyes. The addition of translucent sheets and the incidence of light suggest the attractive type of green reminiscent of tropical waters. In other works steel dust and ferric oxides are placed onto the surface giving them the appearance of heavy, voluminous steel objects, even though finally – due to their inner transparency – their fragility is revealed.