Yaşasin 2016
by Pomona Zipser creates a space and a structure from which to contemplate and observe the ever-changing forest. Berlin-based Zipser’s sculpture has been handcrafted from sweet chestnut felled from the site of the Trail and Zipser has collaborated with local artists and craftsmen to make the sculpture at Tan House Farm in Newland. The sculpture was then transported to the site to be installed. It makes a thought-provoking and visual connection to the surrounding environment, playing with density, dimensions and colour.
Pomona Zipser by her work as it was opened as part of the celebration of the Forest of Dean Sculpture Trail’s 30th anniversary.
Pomona Zipser was born in Romania and moved to Germany in 1970. Her practice encompasses painting, lithography, illustrations, draughting, and sculpture. She studied painting at the Akademie der Bildenden Künste, Munich,
and sculpture at the Akademie der Künste, Berlin. She taught wood and ceramics at the Universität der Künste Berlin from 1994-99, and lectured in sculpture, drawing and art appreciation at the Freien Akademie für Kunst Berlin from 1995-2006. In 1997 she was a lecturer at the Thuringian Summer Academy Bohlen and in 2004/2005 at the Berlin-Weissensee Art Academy for Spatial Design. www.pomonazipser.com