Delicious sculptures from chocolate

Siegen. „Expressive, unique, inspiring“. The artists of today would like to hear to such words. However, the opinion about the paintings and drawings of the 36 students at the University of Fine Arts in Siegen is described in one word:  “sweet!”

And this is not an insult at all, but the truth. In the context of a drawing class conducted by Anke Lohrer, the students are exhibiting their works at the chocolate museum in Cologne as of January 15. Caption: “The everyday temptation.”

During one semester they were testing and experimenting with the chocolates. Everything was allowed, nothing was forbidden. The students agreed that chocolate for drinks was the most suitable chocolate for drawing, whereas white chocolate tends to get lumpy. In the very beginning one of the artists admitted that she liked to put her finger in the paint pot. “But if you smell chocolate the whole day you might prefer eating a chunk of sausage, she adds jokingly.

Unusual projects call for unusual measures. Thus, twelve rabbits from an animal shelter in Siegen moved into the art studio of the factory and hopped around as models for the students. “Many people associate chocolate with the classical Easter bunny anyhow”, lecturer Anke Lohrer states. It is a point of honor to have a painting of a rabbit made from chocolate. More unusual versions were created and particularly delicious: a so-called lick-painting where the outline is drawn with the tongue.

Mice eat sculptures.

Not only were the students happy about the truly delicious project. It came that one of the young artists stored her chocolate sculpture on the loft not thinking that hungry mice that might eat it. They ate the entire artwork until hardly any crumb was left – The appearance was left anyway.

“The challenge here was to develop unusual ideas “Nina Everts, an Art student, says. But the exceptional ones can sometimes be so simple. Thus, there is one painting, which shows fat people visiting the chocolate museum.

The project: is a challenge for the young artists. Last not least, it was not only showing creativity but giving evidence to being disciplined, and not to eat colors and sculptures before the exhibition has started. The conclusion after three months of art work: sweet things!