Stephanie Iffert
Deutschland
Kunstart: Malerei
Technik: Mischtechnik
Stil: Expressionismus
Statement:
Where the surface splits open the diversity and richness of life emerges.
I work in two and three dimensional ways. I paint canvases, I build objects and I do sculptures. I apply material to the surface of the canvas as I paint my sculptures and objects. I stretch the limits and break the borders between painting and sculpture. I work with the figure and in abstract ways. My sculptures are often isolated fragments of the figure.
I work with different kinds of materials like plaster, ashes, sand and paint. However, I almost always use soil for my work of arts. I started using this material early at college and I have been working with it ever since. I am constantly trying to find new ways in using this material, pushing it to the limit.
Sometimes the soil fills out the silhouette from the figures on the canvas. Sometimes it builds up the underlying structure of a painting and sometimes it encases the surface of the object, sometimes I use it as a detail. In my most recent works the object is only build up with soil.
Soil itself has many different connotations. In removing it from its natural surrounding and giving it a new form it gains new meanings. I am very interested in the cracks of the surface. They occur during the drying process. The surface ends up being rough and uneven, the material itself is dark and rich. It stands for the imperfection, the vulnerability and the richness of life.
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