Hans Josephsohn’s work focuses exclusively on the human figure. His sculptures live within the repertoire of classical sculpture as busts and standing or reclining figures, and make direct reference to the physical presence and dimensions of humans.
Modeling his works in plaster and casting them in brass, the artist creates surfaces that are shaped by the materiality of the plaster and by the slow process of adding and removing volume-forming mass. The language of the forms of busts and reclining figures is marked by a high degree of abstraction: Individual parts of the body are strongly conflated, while their volumes and proportions are nevertheless precisely designed. They are often larger than life, but never monumental. The scale of the 16 sculptures presented in the Parcours sector is derived from the human body and its proportions. The rhythmically arranged group is organically embedded within the baroque architecture and setting of Münsterplatz.
