Born in Johannesburg in 1991, sculptor Driaan Claassen first studied 3D animation before apprenticing with Otto du Plessis, artist and founder of Bronze Age Foundry. Claassen is currently based in Cape Town, where he opened his own design and fine art studio, Reticence, in 2015.


Claassen works primarily in bronze, wood and wire. Inspired by technology from a young age, he elevates the materiality of his sculptural mediums by merging cutting-edge machinery, traditional craftsmanship and deep introspection.


雕塑家 Driaan Claassen 于 1991 年出生于约翰内斯堡,首先学习 3D 动画,然后跟随艺术家和青铜时代铸造厂创始人 Otto du Plessis 学徒。Claassen 目前居住在开普敦,并于 2015 年在那里开设了自己的设计和美术工作室 Reticence。


Claassen 的主要作品是青铜、木材和金属丝。他从小就受到技术的启发,通过融合尖端机械、传统工艺和深刻的反省来提升雕塑媒介的物质性。对于 Claassen 来说,操纵物理世界具有心理意义。通过他的雕塑所采用的抽象形式——无论是实体的还是分形的,几何的还是有机的——他反映了人类思想和思想的结构。他探索了我们的意识与外界的交集,光明与黑暗的交汇处,正空间与负空间,定义与无定形,秩序与混乱。Claassen 创造了一种视觉语言,将形状、颜色、纹理和图案并置,以提供他对自我知识的探索的洞察力。