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Robinia leaf swing
1992
Nils Udo
Photography
125 x 125 cm
Robinia leaf halved, ash twigs
Valle di Sella, Italy
Ilfochrome on aluminium
For his in situ works, created first of all in Germany, then in Europe, Japan, Israel and Mexico, Nils Udo uses the elements of nature that he finds around him, such as earth, stones, pieces of wood, wild berries, leaves, water currents, etc. By slightly altering the landscape the artist reveals its beauty and strangeness of nature. He creates a world of "potential utopias" with his coloured hillocks, giant nests and doors towards the unknown. Nils Udo creates works that are not designed to be permanent and which, like a plant, are born, bloom, then die. The artist explains that through this approach he is initiating a "spiritual and aesthetic dialogue" with nature, his sole inspiration.
Valle di Sella, Italy
Ilfochrome on aluminium
For his in situ works, created first of all in Germany, then in Europe, Japan, Israel and Mexico, Nils Udo uses the elements of nature that he finds around him, such as earth, stones, pieces of wood, wild berries, leaves, water currents, etc. By slightly altering the landscape the artist reveals its beauty and strangeness of nature. He creates a world of "potential utopias" with his coloured hillocks, giant nests and doors towards the unknown. Nils Udo creates works that are not designed to be permanent and which, like a plant, are born, bloom, then die. The artist explains that through this approach he is initiating a "spiritual and aesthetic dialogue" with nature, his sole inspiration.
Nils Udo
Germany
Born in 1937
Born in 1937 in Lauf in Bavaria, Germany.
Lives and works in Riedering, Bavaria.
Nils Udo was born in Bavaria on the eve of the Second World War. Starting in 1955 he studied graphic arts in Nuremberg, before becoming a painter. In 1972, he stopped painting, considering it to be too artificial, and decided to act directly on nature, "the ultimate source" according to the artist, before returning to the pictorial medium in 1989.
Nils Udo is part of the international Land Art movement, although his works differ from those of artists such as Robert Smithson or Christo, in their modesty and evanescence.The initial phase of observation is followed by the compositional stage, during which Nils-Udo rearranges his found elements, places flowers on water, weaves carpets of berries or plants bamboo interspersed with other species.
Lives and works in Riedering, Bavaria.
Nils Udo was born in Bavaria on the eve of the Second World War. Starting in 1955 he studied graphic arts in Nuremberg, before becoming a painter. In 1972, he stopped painting, considering it to be too artificial, and decided to act directly on nature, "the ultimate source" according to the artist, before returning to the pictorial medium in 1989.
Nils Udo is part of the international Land Art movement, although his works differ from those of artists such as Robert Smithson or Christo, in their modesty and evanescence.The initial phase of observation is followed by the compositional stage, during which Nils-Udo rearranges his found elements, places flowers on water, weaves carpets of berries or plants bamboo interspersed with other species.
Artworks of
Nils Udo
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