Sculpture by Erwin Schwentner
ERWIN SCHWENTNER Â attempts to comment on the so-called great themes of humanity, making use of his own sculptural world, which – always coming from his head – means the “whole world”. For him, there is no world beyond this world, which is why his attempts at explanation necessarily remain incomplete. Everyone shows their feelings through the expressions on their face, whether they want to or not. When we feel joy, fear or sadness, these emotions fire groups of neurones, which in turn trigger the contraction of certain mimic muscles – our facial expressions. However, it is then up to the other person to interpret these “correctly”, i.e. to recognise the emotion underlying the expression. Here are some examples of exercises and recommendations for interpreting facial expressions in everyday encounters.
There is a peculiar connection between facial expressions and emotional experience. The “facial feedback hypothesis”, according to which conscious changes in facial expressions influence mood, has been scientifically tested and confirmed. Subjects were instructed to change their facial expressions according to one of two cues while viewing a series of slides.The cues corresponded to a happy or an angry facial expression, but the subjects were not aware of this.The subjects reported happier and less angry feelings from the slides when they had the happy face on.In contrast, the feelings triggered by the slides were less happy and more angry when they had put on an angry face.
Schwentner was born in 1945 in Hitzendorf near Graz, he is married, has 3 children, was a judge and has been intensively involved in artistic creation since 1980:
primarily sculptures, here again ceramic objects, various specialised courses, essentially self-taught.
Schwentner belongs to the “Postmodern Ludity” movement (New Playfulness)
Since 1982 exhibitions and participation in exhibitions at home and abroad.
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