Hand Carved Memphis Style Bianco Carla Marble Sculpture No.2 Jencik, 1998

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Hand Carved Memphis Style Bianco Carla Marble Sculpture No.2 Jencik, 1998

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Another wonderful marble sculpture, unsigned, but part of a series by P. Jencik, circa 1998. Sculpture No.2 in Bianco Carla marble, is made from a single block and has attractive grey veins throughout. It is a sister piece to Sculpture No.1 (sold). As with all his sculptures, Jencik is referencing human, animal and natural forms without allowing us to reach an ever-elusive conclusion. Playful and mysterious. Jencik was a welder, boat builder and metal worker with a strong creative instinct but without the opportunity or artistic training that would afford his work any recognition. He created a large series of marble and timber sculptures of notable stylistic and artistic merit. He was active in the fringe Arts movement around Melbourne's western suburbs through the 1990s and early 2000s. A notable feature of Jencik’s work is its robust and humorous energetic expression. Stylistically, his work carries strong elements of 1990s pop culture, graphic design, skate culture, Pop Art, and Street Art. Some of the more heavy-weight artistic and design works it brings to mind are those of Philippe Starck, Keith Haring, Wendell Castle and Constantin Brancusi. Most notably, however, Jencik's work stands out as his own unique expression of the 1990s street aesthetic, completely of its time but utterly individual. His strange biomorphic forms create a curious sense of the familiar but can never quite be pinned down, are they mineral, botanical, animal, human? Something is struggling to emerge, is it menacing or vulnerable? It’s hard to fix on any finite definition and so these works have the curious quality of continually playing with our subconscious. Our conclusion is that Jencik's sculptures are like small, energetic idols. Yes, they are playful explorations of the materials he had at hand, they frequently feature lamination of different colored stones but there’s a deeper Paradox in these forms. They’re bound by bands of tension crossing the surface at every angle a barely contained energy bulges out of the boundaries. Perhaps this is emblematic of the artist's drive to realize their unique artistic expression in spite of the constraints of their time, place and circumstances. The examples we've acquired are a small selection of his prolific work. We feel sure he’ll find greater recognition as more are discovered and come to market.

Creator:
Paul Jencik (Sculptor)
Dimensions:
Height: 8.67 in (22 cm)Width: 3.75 in (9.5 cm)Depth: 2.56 in (6.5 cm)
Style:
Post-Modern (In the Style Of)
Materials and Techniques:
Marble,Hand-Carved
Place of Origin:
Australia
Period:
1990-1999
Date of Manufacture:
1998
Condition:
Minor losses. Very good. A few scuffs and some minor nicks in keeping with its vintage. See images for one chip clearly visible on top section. Given the age, material and outsider provenance, the condition is understandably imperfect.
Seller Location:
Melbourne, AU
Reference Number:
1stDibs: LU2656318554492