Altmarkkreis Salzwedel, 17 April 2025: People and their relationships with each other and with the world are the focus of the work of freelance sculptor and graphic artist Adelheid Fuss, who has been living and working in the Altmarkkreis Salzwedel artists’ and scholarship holders’ residence since the beginning of April. ‘My graphic and sculptural works often relate to each other, playing with movement and space,’ explained Adelheid Fuss at a press conference on 15 April 2025 in the studio of the artists’ and scholarship holders’ residence, where she has already settled in. Small drawings are scattered across the walls, and the tables are covered with everything an artist could desire, from drawing materials and tools to wax remnants, while an unfinished sculpture sits enthroned in the middle of the room. “I work rather intuitively. I usually start with a vague idea, which then develops further as I work,‘ says the artist. During her three-month stay at the Artists’ and Scholarship Holders’ House in Salzwedel, Adelheid Fuss would like to work on a project entitled ’Inner Landscape”. Drawings, casts and impressions gained in Salzwedel will be used to create graphics and sculptures.
The first part of your work at the Artists’ and Scholarship Holders’ House focuses on sculptural portraits. These are fictional characters who, like the characters in a novel, are inspired by her own experiences and encounters in the city. Adelheid Fuss is particularly fascinated by wax and paper: ‘In the coming weeks, I will combine these two materials and try to form heads out of paper, which can be found in every home in the form of flat sheets.’
In the second part of her work, Adelheid Fuss plans a series of cyanotypes and ink drawings. These will address the theme of ‘memory,’ or rather what humans store as memories. In this context, Adelheid Fuss is particularly interested in the effects that experiences and influences have on social behaviour among people.
Adelheid Fuss has plenty of time and, above all, peace and quiet to work in the studio of the artists’ and scholarship holders’ house. That is precisely why she deliberately chose the scholarship in the Hanseatic city. ‘Salzwedel is not completely unknown to me. Even before my current stay, I was able to get to know the city at its best during a trip,’ says the artist, adding that several fellow students at the Burg Giebichenstein University of Art and Design in Halle recommended a scholarship stay at the artists’ and scholarship holders’ residence because of its tranquillity and natural surroundings. But for now, she is looking forward to the Easter holidays, which she will of course celebrate with a piece of Baumkuchen.
More about Adelheid Fuss
Born in Sibiu, Romania, in 1977, Adelheid Fuss began studying Romance languages and Slavic studies in Tübingen in 1997. From 1999 to 2002, she trained as a wood sculptor in Flensburg. From 2002 to 2009, Adelheid Fuss studied sculpture at the Burg Giebichenstein University of Art and Design in Halle (Saale) under Prof. Bernd Göbel.
Since receiving her diploma in 2009, she has been working as a freelance sculptor and graphic artist. In addition to her artistic work, she has been involved in art education for over ten years, mainly as a lecturer at the Potsdam Art School. You can find out more about Adelheid Fuss and her work here: http://www.adelheid-fuss.de
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