About the work
Since the 1990s, Wilhem Mundt has been creating the ongoing series “Trash Stones.” Each Trash Stone is made from waste materials from Mundt's studio or from art production (old works, sketches, paint residues, wood, metal, plastics, other objects...). These remnants are assembled into a compact form and then coated with a smooth, often colored layer of polyester, lacquer, or metal.
What formed the core of the work during the creative process thus remains hidden. The outer form, which appears amorphous and futuristic, no longer reveals what might be inside. The object appears precious, mysterious, and flawless. A shell that conceals inner chaos, a burden that has been discarded—a time capsule that will no longer reveal its contents.
Like each of the works, Trash Stone #693 also bears a unique number in its title.
About the artist
Born in Grevenbroich in 1959
Lives and works in Düsseldorf
The German sculptor Wilhem Mundt studied at the Düsseldorf Art Academy from 1979 to 1986 under Tony Cragg, Irmin Kamp, and Klaus Rinke.
Mundt became known primarily for his series of so-called “Trashstones,” to which he has devoted himself almost exclusively since 1988/89. These Trashstones appear in various sizes and materials. What all the works have in common is that they conceal an object, remnant, or found object at their core, whose identity they no longer reveal. Only the artist knows what the amorphous shell of aluminum or fiberglass contains. Even the titles of the works reveal nothing; they are simply consecutive numbers, starting with 001.
Since 2009, Mundt has held a professorship in sculpture at the Dresden Academy of Fine Arts.