Heavy Metal

Alexandra Bircken

Heavy Metal, 2024110.5 x 185 x 6cmSign in to view price
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archival pigment print on paperHerald St
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Human-crafted. AI-refined.

This mixed media artwork features a woven textile with an abstract, textured composition. The dominant color palette is deep purple, with accents of white and metallic elements. The weaving incorporates various materials, including threads and found objects, creating a visually striking and tactile surface. The overall impression is one of complexity and layered meaning, reflecting the artist's exploration of process and material. The piece likely speaks to themes of craft, transformation, and the interplay between the organic and the constructed. ...

Alexandra Bircken
Artist
Alexandra Bircken
B.1967, German

Alexandra Bircken’s sculptures and installations are breathtakingly rich in the materials from which they are made: the German artist uses everyday objects, such as dye packagings, motorcycles or rocking-horses, hand-woven and artificially made textiles, wood, leather, fabric, tree branches, stone, bone and human hair. While such focus on and appreciation of physicality of materials is reminiscent of the practices of Joseph Beuys and Eva Hesse, Bircken’s work is strikingly unique. Having studied as a fashion designer in Central Saint Martin, London, Bircken uses techniques of weaving, knitting and crochet to form her sculptural language. Her background in fashion further sparked her ongoing interest in the human body, as well as the space around it. Bircken describes her sculptures as observations on human life and its environments: she highlights human vulnerability amidst the pressures of the modern, technological age. Multifaceted and intriguing, Bircken’s practice is an assemblage of everything that makes one human. ...

Alexandra Bircken: Artworks
Amme (Wet nurse)
Alexandra BirckenAmme (Wet nurse), 2022
207 x 63 x 53cm
Heavy Metal
Alexandra BirckenHeavy Metal, 2024
110.5 x 185 x 6cm
Mutual Consent
Alexandra BirckenMutual Consent, 2024
191 x 155 x 23cm
Ursula
Alexandra BirckenUrsula, 2020
111 x 121cm
Vogue
Alexandra BirckenVogue, 2025
73 x 156cm
Herald St
Gallery
Herald St
London, London

Herald St was established in 2005 by Ash L’ange and Nicky Verber. With two spaces across London, Herald St represents twenty-five international artists and participates in multiple art fairs including Art Basel, Frieze London, and Frieze Los Angeles amongst others. Works by Herald St artists are held in many museum collections and are regularly included in exhibitions within public institutions.

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