Matchstickmen, wood, rigid foam, acrylic paint

Wolfgang Stiller is a German sculptor who creates artworks that combine human figures with natural and man-made materials. The artist is known for his matchstick men -- larger-than-life sculptures of burnt out matches with realistic human faces. 

Deceive, plastic shrimp traps, lights

Stiller’s sculptural process incorporates found materials -- the artist began creating his matchstick men using facial moulds discarded from a film set combined with charred pieces of found wood. This utilization of found materials comes into play in many of the artist’s other series as well -- Deceive, a large, chandelier-like installation, uses layers upon layers of stacked, empty shrimp traps to achieve a ghostly fractal effect. 

Many of Stiller’s more recent works address spirits or mythology, using a visual language in keeping with the rest of his portfolio. Tree Spirits and Ginseng Spirits, for example, combine organic plant forms with the same slightly uncanny, identically moulded human faces for an eerie effect.

Little Suckers