Biography
EVERY SCULPTURE TELLS A STORY ""Your facial expression is a reflection of your inner being"
The reason why Siwmark works mainly with heads is his fascination with all the feelings we have and the thoughts we think. Our feelings and thoughts are often reflected in our presence, and especially in our facial expressions. His interest in ancient Greek and Roman culture is also reflected in his work.
It is a wonderful dream journey. A journey where the final destination is unknown. Likely it will be somewhere in the Roman ancient history or mythology.
Siwmark always start creating his works with an open mind and giving voice to his soul and inner being. He is trying to channel light and vital energy. Not caged and confined by the limits of form and design. Even the final touch of colors is unnatural, indicating that sometimes this is not a depiction from life but rather the report of a dream or hallucination.
His is trying to create an atmosphere packed with emotional tension. An deliberately mysterious and ambiguous atmosphere suspended between reality and a dream.
In an attempt to summarize his art Siwmark would say; Ancient influences meet the future. His technique is unique. The sculptures are created using stoneware and subsequently worked with various metals, glazes, oxides and a mixture of raw materials.
He applies everything before high firing up to I280oC and is constantly testing new ways and materials to find techniques and solutions never used before.
"Per Siwmark has synthesized and intertwined his various interests and techniques to create a very personal style for his scultptures. This is the sign of a creative process that is alive and developing with a momentum almost of it's own. These marvelous heads, which recall the past, but exist with avant-garde techniques from present, pulsate with a deep sense something familiare yet mysterious creating a sense of exploration within the viewer and a curiosity which asks for one's undivided attention."
Elizabeth Genovesi
ARTROM Gallery, Founding Director
Per Siwmark has joined the international art movement Neutral-ism, founded by Francesco Perilli.
