Sif Itona Westerberg, 2022

Crux - Bronze Sculpture by Sif Itona Westerberg

Name: Crux - Bronze Sculpture by Sif Itona Westerberg
Brand: Sif Itona Westerberg
Price: 18000.0 DKK
Availability: InStock

Collector work

DKK 18,000

Available

Direct checkout: secure Shopify payment, with taxes, shipping and duties calculated before you pay. Request invoice is request-based: nothing is charged now. We reply within two working days.

Do you want a closer look via video call?

"Crux" embodies Sif Itona Westerberg's reconstruction of classical imagery. It is an examination of humanity and society, combining the classical and the modern.

Lead time: 8-12 weeks

Insured, specialist art handling and worldwide delivery arranged at checkout.

Includes a signed certificate of authenticity confirming edition and provenance.

Artist: Sif Itona Westerberg
Year: 2022
Material: Blue and brown patinated bronze (two parts)
Dimensions: Appro x . 25 cm
Edition: Limited edition of 15 + 4 Artist's Proofs (AP)
Signature: Engraved

Crux - Bronze Sculpture by Sif Itona Westerberg

The work

This dual-part patinated bronze sculpture opens a dialogue between the shadowy, subcultural and suppressed sides of humanity and our society: the seen and the unseen, the rational and the suppressed. Westerberg invites the viewer into that conversation. What does the combination of classical and modern mean to them?

Each part is a visual exploration of new ecologies, relationships and aesthetics that resonate with the present. "Crux" encourages a closer look at the here and now, and at how the past continues to shape it.

Crux - Bronze Sculpture by Sif Itona Westerberg detail

Materials and making

Cast bronze

Bronze holds detail that few materials can. Each bronze is cast from the same mould and hand-chased to retain the detail of the artist's original. Patina is applied individually, so tonal and surface variation should be expected across the edition.

Material: Blue and brown patinated bronze (two parts)
Dimensions: Appro x . 25 cm
Edition: Limited edition of 15 + 4 Artist's Proofs (AP)
Signature: Engraved

01
Mould and wax
The artist's original is captured in a flexible mould, from which a hollow wax replica is taken and refined by hand until every surface matches the source.
02
Lost-wax casting
The wax is encased in a ceramic shell and fired; the wax runs out and molten bronze is poured into the void it leaves, taking on the exact form of the original.
03
Chasing and assembly
The rough cast is released from its shell, sprues removed, and seams chased away by hand so the metal reads as a single continuous surface.
04
Patina and finish
The finished bronze is coloured with heat and chemistry, then sealed with a hand-applied patina unique to each edition.

Crux - Bronze Sculpture by Sif Itona Westerberg study 1

Crux - Bronze Sculpture by Sif Itona Westerberg study 2

Made at

Fonderia Artistica Mariani

Italy · Est. 1952

Founded in 1952, Fonderia Artistica Mariani is an Italian art foundry known for precision bronze casting. Each work is cast using the traditional lost-wax and vacuum-shell methods that capture the finest surface detail, then chased, finished and patinated by hand.

Visit Fonderia Artistica Mariani →

Lead time: 8-12 weeks

Film

In the studio

Cast elements on the pallet at the foundry

Image courtesy the artist and Edition Solenne.

The artist

Sif Itona Westerberg

1985, Copenhagen, Denmark · Sculpture

Sif Itona Westerberg reinterprets classical mythology through contemporary sculptural form, hand-carving aerated concrete or casting in bronze. Her work explores the dualities of nature and culture, investigating the monstrous and the divine from a contemporary perspective.

View Sif Itona Westerberg

Details

Artist: Sif Itona Westerberg
Title: Crux - Bronze Sculpture by Sif Itona Westerberg
Year: 2022
Material: Blue and brown patinated bronze (two parts)
Dimensions: Appro x . 25 cm
Edition size: Limited edition of 15 + 4 Artist's Proofs (AP)
Signature / marking: Engraved
Publisher: Edition Solenne, Copenhagen
Primary market release: 2022
Acquisition: Acquired directly from Edition Solenne
Lead time: 8-12 weeks
Certificate: Signed and numbered by the artist and publisher
Returns: Consumers in the EU may withdraw within 14 days of delivery, except where the work is produced to individual specification, as stated on the invoice. Contact us within 7 days if the work arrives damaged.