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Interview excerpt: Eva Mayer / Meier Stadtmagazin
They appear to stand upright, which in itself seems to anthropomorphize their forms. Is this intended?
Yes, they share a likeness to some kind of pre-pubescent biological beings - capable of autonomous mobility
- but on closer inspection one realizes that they are purely mathematical and strictly geometric in nature.
Primarily, they represent Fertility Icons, like the famous “Venus Von Willendorf”, but the Stemmer’s mathematical
nature indicates a shift in our belief systems in that we do not pray to the Gods for fertility in contemporary
society as much as we plead to science and technology for salvation.
Stemmer, No.2
2005, acrylic and urethane, paint
30 x 21 x 20 inches / 76 x 54 x 50 cm, variation 3
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