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A contemporary artist, he mainly exhibits sculptural and installation artworks. His artworks are mainly made using metal or various materials, and he has characterized them with their intense forms and unique textures.German artist Willie Siever's works, which surprise him every time with their mesmerizing texture and unexpected materials, surprise him every time. In his hands, heavy steel can look weightless like a balloon, and common materials such as wood, nails, and cardboard can be combined to form a fantastic object. Siever's works may look mysterious from a distance, but if you look closely, you can see that he uses simple materials to create miraculous results through his original actions of repurposing and recombining everyday materials.
Closer to sculpture with innovative techniques, the painting looks like an icy aerial view of a forest or an Arctic from a distance, or a microscopic creature.
For Siever, however, similarities to reality are only incidental. Art historian Sabine Heilig commented on his work, saying, "He is more interested in the material's transformative ability than the material's own aesthetics." Along with formal ingenuity, Siever's work is also notable for its use of color. Using a palette that ranges from calming earth tones to electrical hues of pink and green, he seems to instinctively match shapes and colors. Bending and folded pieces of steel pipe are covered in clean enamel with luxurious glitter beckoning like jewels, while others, coated in darker powder shades, are quiet and calm, displaying a spectrum that evokes intense work by a variety of minimalist artists, including Robert Lyman, John McCracken, and Craig Kauffman.
Born in Germany in 1949, Seaver earned his degree from Stuttgart State Academy of Art and Design.
Being an international exhibitor since 1990, Seaver has displayed his works in galleries, museums, and art fairs across Europe, the United States, and Asia. Seaver's works can be found in public collections around the world, including the Federal Parliament of Germany in Berlin, the German Embassy in Buenos Aires, the Stuttgart State Museum, and the municipal museum Singen, as well as private museums such as the Alison and Peter W. Klein Collection and the Museum Ritter.