Satellites, #01 + #02 - 2020

Satellites, #01 + #02 - 2020
Saturn moons and Saturnring structures | Shown 9 from a 19-part series | Fine Art Prints on Hahnemühle handmade paper | each 50 × 47,5 cm | Courtesy NASA/JPL-Caltech (Cassini-Spacecraft-Mission). © artwork: jk

Jochen Kitzbihler's sculptural work combines formal concepts of minimalist art in harmony with the material and its natural specifications to create an organically formed concretion. An energetic connection to the natural is an essential starting point for his work. His theoretical preoccupation with the concept of structure aims at a dynamic understanding of structure. Among other things, he investigates the emergence of transformation processes in structural photographs of planetary surfaces and asteroids. For Kitzbihler, these photographic image series are an extension of his sculptural work, which he places in close relation to scientific findings in quantum mechanics, morphological geology, and astronomy. The central question "Is structure transformation?" develops his artistic work into a transdisciplinary work by integrating scientific aspects. Kitzbihler was born in 1966 in Ludwigshafen/Rhine and lives in Freiburg im Breisgau. He was awarded the Palatinate Sculpture Prize in 1995.