LENI SCHWING

Leni Schwing's works are made by hand.
Both the forms and the surfaces are articulated with a pointed iron
and the surfaces are articulated. Tool marks should
remain visible.
The material used is marble (Statuario) and sandstone from various
different regions of Germany, directly from the quarries.
the quarries.
Figures from mythology are realized in a variety of reduced
realized in reduced, concentrated forms that can be
can be interpreted on different levels.
Hebrew letters mean on the one hand a consonant
or vowel carrier on the other hand a number. Furthermore, they are
they are carriers of an idea that points to transcendental worlds. This
meaning is at the forefront of the works. Here too
there is an ambiguity due to the relational objects symbolically
objects assigned to the letters.
Schwing's other focus is on the figures of the Gilgamesh
epic. Ereshkigal" and "Nammu" play a significant role.
significant role. Archetypal primordial goddesses are
archetypal primordial goddesses in relation to post-patriarchal forms of newly understood
femininity that is present in all of us.
Schwing dedicates a series of works to the millennia-old Epic of Gilgamesh
a series of works. The myth of the king
of Uruk, who wants to measure his strength against the whole world,
the female figures. Inanna, the goddess
of the deep, plays just as important a role as Ereshkigal
as the goddess of the underworld and Inanna's sister, Nammu, the mother of
mother of the god Enki, Siduri and others.
"The mythological figures are depicted in powerful and sensually feminine forms.
personnel are depicted." (Dr. Reinhold Gries)
Cuneiform clay tablets reveal the Sumerian writing system invented around 5000 years ago.
Sumerian writing system is visible. For some
years, Leni Schwing has expanded her repertoire to include drawings with
polychrome colored pencils.
The bronze sculptures are created by molding,
cast and patinated by Leni Schwing herself in an art foundry in the
art foundry in the Czech Republic.
Dr. Reinhold Gries, "Mythology meets visual jazz",
Offenbach-Post, 22.7.2019