Regardt van der meulen biography books

Amazing fragmented metal sculptures

Regardt Van Der Meulen is a South African designer and artist who works with dismantled, presumably disintegrating steel artworks. Issues of “history, recollection, and mortality” are explored in his fractured steel works, which are both firm and frail.

These decaying statues serve as sarcastic representations of how frail and fleeting human existence is. These crumbling newest version to be swept up by the elements—present one moment, gone the next—despite being made of a substance of strong, long-lasting durability.

Metal, according to Van Der Meulen, “is such a versatile product.” “It does a terrific job of capturing motion and frailty as well as power.

It will rust and fade away in its native shape, which is exactly how my work’s idea works.

The concepts and imagery present in Van Der Meulen’s artworks naturally compel the observer to reflect on their own lives.

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