Biography of Simon Woudwijk

Main source of inspiration for Simon Woudwijk is the man. The human figure is reduced to an elongated contour without specific facial expression or other individual characteristics. Widely present in the most recent work is the wachterfiguur, an inert guard. Asked about the deeper significance of this Walter replies: "man is life itself, man is able to experience life, fill things in, gives color existence exist, makes choices and builds its own individual background. Symbolically you can say that man Dave or guard is of the past that he has built. But since you have only have limited influence on your life, you're also in anticipation of the things that are going to happen. " In the bronze works Walter the wachterthematiek in slightly different form. This bronze are all unica, cast in cire perdue, modeled with natural materials such as twigs, pieces of canvas and sisal rope. These works depict as a synthesis of nature and culture. Nature through the use of materials and culture by human (wachter) figuration.