Hans-Jörg Georgi grew up in various care centers after losing the use of his legs due to poorly treated polio. By the time he joined Atelier Goldstein in Frankfurt in 2001, he had already produced thousands of drawings and model airplanes. There, he began creating an entire aerial fleet, made up of hundreds of aircraft, crafted from shoeboxes cut into pieces and assembled with glue. Each airplane resembles a stranded ship—a kind of Noah’s Ark—dented and bearing an anthropomorphic face, blending human, animal, and technology.One of Georgi’s favorite models is the “Bomber,” or “man-machine,” a visionary flying machine.
Through his work, the artist explores a fundamental question: how can one survive? How can one rise up and touch the sky? This aspiration toward elevation—both physical and symbolic—runs throughout his entire body of work. During a visit to the exhibition Art Brut, collection Bruno Decharme (October 18, 2014 – January 18, 2015) at La maison rouge, he stated: “My works, my airplanes, are like me […]. I want to do something good for the world. I am taking you all with me on a journey. In fact, I am a good person, sometimes I am a little strict […]. I want to give you all twenty points—you have earned them!”
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