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Ernst Gamperl

  • BIOGRAPHY
  • Works
  • SIGNATURE WORKS
  • INSTALLATION IMAGES
  • EXHIBTIONS
  • BIOGRAPHY

    Ernst Gamperl won the first Loewe Craft Prize in 2017 in recognition of his craftsmanship, and he has exhibited at numerous international art fairs including Design Miami, PAD London, FOG and Masterpiece, His work is also part of many international collections, including the Victoria & Albert Museum, UK; The Loewe Foundation; Fond National d’art Contemporain France; Museé des Arts Décoratifs de la Ville de Lausanne, Switzerland; The International Design Museum/Neue Sammlung, Germany; Collection Issey Miyake, Japan; and Amorepacific Museum of Art, South Korea. His solo museum exhibition, Dialogue with Wood, opened at the Gewerbemuseum Winterthur in Switzerland in 2019 and toured to the Korean Craft Museum in Spring 2020. 
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    Master craftsman Ernst Gamperl has revolutionised the practice of wood turning by developing entirely new modes of working that push it to its technical limits. The artist principally uses the mighty European Oak tree and carefully selects his immense logs from sustainable sources – either from trees that could not stand their ground against the wind or were felled due to decay.

     

    Ernst turns the oak when it’s green and supple, to work in dialogue with the wood before arriving at a final shape; he is an expert in its drying properties and prophetically reads its movement as the sculpture finds its undulating form. The artist eschews uniformity and celebrates the imperfections present in the material, which tell the story of the tree’s momentous life and energy; the curved edges and bulges, the projections and indentations that emerge out of the natural deformation of the wood are an essential part of Ernst’s design. The immanent expressive power of the material is underscored by Ernst’s treatment of the surfaces: waxing and polishing, scrubbing out the streaks or carving filigree parallel grooves like velvet, contrasting smooth and shiny areas with rough-hewn, deeply scarred sections. These enriching elements draw us ever closer to the piece; the profundity of the work lies in Ernst’s ability to mine the emotional resonance that lies within the wood.

  • Works
    Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Ernst Gamperl, 61/2019/100, 2019
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    Ernst Gamperl

    61/2019/100, 2019
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    • (View a larger image of thumbnail 1 ) Ernst Gamperl, 61/2019/100, 2019
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  • SIGNATURE WORKS
    • Ernst Gamperl 20/2023//200, 2023 Acquired by private collection Maple
      Ernst Gamperl
      20/2023//200, 2023
      Acquired by private collection
      Maple
    • Ernst Gamperl 28/110 B17, 2017 Acquired by private collection Oak
      Ernst Gamperl
      28/110 B17, 2017
      Acquired by private collection
      Oak
    • Ernst Gamperl 54/2022//180, 2022 Acquired by Design Museum, London, 2022 Ash
      Ernst Gamperl
      54/2022//180, 2022
      Acquired by Design Museum, London, 2022
      Ash
    • Ernst Gamperl Oak Vessels, 2019 Acquired by LOEWE Foundation, Spain, 2024 Oak
      Ernst Gamperl
      Oak Vessels, 2019
      Acquired by LOEWE Foundation, Spain, 2024
      Oak
  • EXHIBTIONS

    • Urkraft: Ernst Gamperl
      Exhibitions

      Urkraft: Ernst Gamperl

    • Design Miami/ Paris, Art Fair
      Exhibitions

      Design Miami/ Paris

      Art Fair 17 - 22 October 2023
    • Monolith: Tefaf Maastricht , Art Fair
      Exhibitions

      Monolith: Tefaf Maastricht

      Art Fair 9 - 14 March 2024

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