Wolfgang Brenner

"recycling is a cycle from 'to become' till 'to pass away'."

For Brenner recycling is a continuum from to become till to pass away.
He considers the infinite nature of being a teacher. He believes that recycling is a natural process: 'One learns from the past and gets new ideas for now and later.'

Brenner has worked with recycled materials for a long time. Materials like wood, lost and found objects, all sorts of paper and cloth bags appeal to him. The material has to have a history. For him colour is as important as the object for inspiration. Depending on the items, collages, assemblies or statues will be made, based around natural colours. Time is an important dimension within his work. The object says something of the period in which it has been used and Brenner tries to expose this to his audience. He also uses words and letters to enter into a discussion with the spectator, but he does not impose his views upon them. In 2006 he received an award in Germany for recycle art and in 2008 he was awarded the Paderborner Kunstpreis.

website: www.wbrenner.de

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