In 1989 Wilhelm Mundt created the sculpture “Stein 001”. It became the first in an ongoing chronological series that has come to be known as “Trashstones”. The project forms the basis of his artistic practice, with the declared goal of creating 1000 artworks for this series.

In all the Trashstone sculptures it is possible to glimpse something beneath the surface of the closed forms. Concealed within there is material and remnants gathered from Mundt’s studio, which is then encapsulated inside the pieces. The sculptures are reminiscent of organic shapes in nature, like rocks formed over thousands of years. The shiny surfaces (often in bright colours), on the other hand, resemble futuristic sci-fi capsules. Each sculpture in the series is unique in terms of size, shape and colour, yet they are all connected in kinship through their chronological numbering.

Wilhelm Mundt was born in 1959 in Grevenbroich, Germany, and educated at the Kunstakademie in Düsseldorf. In 2009 he was appointed Professor at the Dresden Academy of Fine Arts and has had many distinguished international solo shows.