Johannes Nagel · Cutting Edge

Monumental, improvised, fragmentary, deconstructed... The eclectic sculptures of Johannes Nagel are vessels that resist their purpose of containing anything. It is the ceramics as a functional, domestic or decorative art that the artist questions in a struggle to let beauty triumph over utility. The expression "cutting edge" is a literal description of the process at work behind each of his sculptures, where the action of the blade is crucial. Cutting through the clay, slicing the surfaces, it frees the works from their utilitarian fate and allows for limitless creativity. Thus, starting from the classic architecture of the vase, his sculptural pieces escape toward new possibilities. The artist thus gives birth to unique and spontaneous works, imbued with philosophy and a rare poetic force.