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Knopp Ferro creates sculptures made of metal that are referred to in catalogs and texts as "room sculptures" and "installation sculptures"; both are apt. They are mobile-like structures, composed of a multitude of wires holding metal rods and connected by them at the same time...
Jet Ferro was founded in 1975 by Knopp Ferro with his brother Rolf Hinterecker, as well as fellow artists and fellow students Fritz Esch and Michael Wolf in Cologne. At that time, the city vibrated with an atmosphere of awakening and upheaval. They satirized the rising pop and rock culture with its star cult and deliberately turned away from the emerging art market, which was primarily concerned with painting and sculpture...