Germany
* March 26, 1940 Leipzig
For many years, Christoph Freimann’s sculptures have been based on a principle that the artist has strictly followed from the very beginning. He uses 12 commercially L-shaped steel angle irons of type ST 37 in various sizes, thicknesses and lengths, tilting or wedging them together, placing them on top of each other or bending them sideways and finally welding them together to form a single geometric construction. The sculpture is then painted always in “fire red” (RAL 3000). This voluntary limitation of artistic means is often referred to as constructivist.
The result of Freimann’s work with the so-called “12 Irons” (the name of one of his first works) are varied and mostly abstract sculptures that appear dynamic and light despite their solid material. Sometimes they are also reminiscent of figurative motifs such as trees, lightning and spirals, or their names have a direct regional reference. For example, the “Ulmer Stadtindianer” can be found on the Danube in Ulm, while the “Neu-Ulmer Spatz” is located on the opposite bank.
