Joris Verdonkschot (1947) primarily perceives his bronze human figures as a “structuring of volume”. It is, after all, the positioning of mass in space that defines where the higher points are found that capture light and where the deeper points are situated that make shadows. According to Verdonkschot the actual power of the sculptor lies in his capacity to define where the bronze captures the light and from this awareness he builds up his sculptures in such a way that the incidence of light suggests movement in his sculptures. Even though Verdonkschot’s figures refer to the actual perceptible human being, it is the aspect of man that has no shape - his character traits - that he wants to portray. By remodelling the natural manifestation of the human body, he is able, more than anybody else, to provoke the suggestion of inner human characteristics such as temperament, vitality and compassion.
Education: autodidact
