Julius von Bismarck Boulder (Granitic Gneiss II), 2025

Julius von Bismarck's series of unique sculptures titled Boulder at first sight appears as heavy objects. While seemingly massive, the rocks are in fact hollowed out, leaving only a very thin outer sheath. 

The Boulders are hand-crafted in an elaborate production, exploiting contemporary technologies, such as 3D scanning, alongside the established methods of sculpting. Reduced to a thin shell, the sculpture’s surface, as much as the void comprising its core, reads as a reference to the coordinated processes designed to cast free-standing objects: merging positive and negative forms, and the liquid, elastic, firm, malleable, and solid qualities of materials.