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The sculpture “Flowing” by Silvia Jung-Wiesenmayer for the Weilheim sculpture trail is located directly on the Ammer - at the pedestrian footbridge at the level of the Au.
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In a series, the local newspaper presents all ten new works that were created for the Weilheim Sculpture Trail.
Today: The “Flowing” property by Silvia Jung-Wiesenmayer directly on the Ammer.
Weilheim - In a series, the local newspaper presents the artists of all ten new works that were created for the Weilheim Sculpture Trail, which opened in autumn 2023 - and asks them to answer short questions about their work and Weilheim.
Today: Silvia Jung-Wiesenmayer from Opfenbach im Allgäu, whose object “Flowing” can be seen directly on the Ammer in Weilheim, near the pedestrian footbridge at the level of the Au.
The artist makes “hard things seem soft”
The artist explains that her work refers to the flow of the bunting, to the water that rises and foams, to the river whose movements change the environment.
“The sculpture is intended to illustrate this upsurge and foaming up.
Although the scene appears to be frozen when worked in sandstone, the way it is processed makes the fluidity and movement clearly visible." According to Jung-Wiesenmayer, its formal language makes "hard things appear soft" and the lines create "a fluidity that is unusual for a stone Ease".
The artist created the sculpture “Flowing” from a 180 x 50 x 50 centimeter block of Bollinger sandstone from Switzerland.
The weight is about one ton.
First trained as a stonemason, then studied art
Silvia Jung-Wiesenmayer, born in 1966 in Riedenburg near Kehlheim, initially trained as a stonemason and then studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Stuttgart (with Prof. Micha Ullman and Udo Koch).
Since 2003 she has taken part in numerous exhibitions, sculpture symposiums and competitions.
She won, among others, the Johann Georg Fischer Art Prize of the city of Marktoberdorf, the art prizes of the city of Kempten (2012), the city of Donauwörth (2014) and the city of Memmingen (2015) as well as the 1st prize at the Great Swabian Art Exhibition in Augsburg ( 2019).
Silvia Jung-Wiesenmayer (57) lives and works as a sculptor in Opfenbach in Westallgäu (Lindau district).
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Here are Silvia Jung-Wiesenmayer's answers to our newspaper's questions:
For me, art is...
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...sensual.
My work for Weilheim should...
...open your eyes to new and beautiful things - simply be an enrichment.
This is how I would explain this sculpture in one sentence:
A flowing movement in stone.
I learned my art...
...on the one hand through my training as a stonemason and through my subsequent studies at the Academy of Fine Arts in Stuttgart.
Developing your own style takes time and the ability to create something of your own from the work and the material.
You can see other works of mine here:
In Kempten, Isny, Munich, Donauwörth, Wangen, Ravensburg, on the Walberla sculpture trail in Kirchehrenbach/Upper Franconia.
Apart from the sculpture trail, what I like about Weilheim...
...especially “The Notwist”.
Also read in our series on the Weilheim Sculpture Trail:
“Scoop” by Renato Rill - a cornucopia inspired by “The Notwist”
“The Limits to Growth - Monument to a Blade of Grass” by Hermann Bigelmayr
“Volcanic eruption from hell beneath Weilheim” by Egon Stöckle
“My dear, help me to exist in this world” - a torture in honor of the animals by Cornelia Rapp
“In Order To Location” by Carlotta Wirtl
“Haus” by Basilius Kleinhans
“Installation without title” by Bernd Wagenhäuser
“Red Wave “by Max Mirlach”
“Free Swimmer” by Michaela Johanne Gräper
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You can find information about the artists and works on the Sculpture Trail at merkur.de (enter the search term “Weilheim Sculpture Trail”).
Artist's website: silviajungwiesenmayer.de.
The website skulpturenweg.kunstforum-weilheim.de also offers a lot of pictures and information.