THOMAS
JUNGHANS

Thomas Junghans creates abstract sculptures in stone, wood, and bronze, mostly torsos and primal portraits, using a primitive, cubic, and expressionistic imagery. He also paints and creates ink drawings. His sculptures are monumental and robust in character.
Thomas lets the material of the statues speak for itself: the figures and heads seem to have taken form with just a few striking blows. Nothing could be further from the truth. Thomas describes his state of mind while working as a "controlled sort of drunkenness."
Every time he works, he must overcome a kind of paralysis, knowing that, as a sculptor, if he makes a move at the wrong moment, he risks disrupting the special tension or composition— or, even worse, destroying it. With their natural grace, his sculptures represent an archaic, unknown nature.
ARTWORKS
His method of working points back to the original shapes, where imagination, rather than reality, is the inspiration. In this way, he emphasizes the independent character of the sculpture.