Art sculptures that speak of the nature of the human being – Germán Arzate Garza

My name is German Arzate and I am a self-taught Mexican sculptor. I have created art sculptures in bronze but I have also worked with different materials.

Since I was a child, the process of sculpting has called to me. Playing in school with clay, I never limited myself to making animals but explored new forms.

In the Natura Collection, the art in bronze with animal figures has a very personal touch. In it, the animals express the characteristics they share with us, human beings.

The entire collection has certain lines that imitate muscles or caresses of the wind, as if it were aerodynamic with a perfect machinery. In this case, I decided not to go for art in bronze because the material allows you to express different things.

The source of these sculptures, some of them in bronze art, is everything I mention but also reaching the animal world with this collection and making it part of what is always looking for duality within the same piece, within the same there is modernity and nature.

That is what drives me.

Nature has much of man and man much of nature. This duality of existence accompanies a large part of my sculptures.

Lion

The lion is a stylized version of aesthetics and seeks a more modern sense in this bronze art.

I have always been struck by the fact that the lion has been present in great empires, it is a representation of authority, strength, and leadership.

The lion has been made in different versions. It has always been present in palaces, castles, because it is an animal whose strength you can always recognize and it is the strongest and most powerful feline of all felines.

Empires have always sought to have a lion guarding and protecting the entrances, which demonstrates leadership.

When I made this bronze art sculpture, I realized that you can have a lion in your house, but why do you have it? What do you want to demonstrate?

The simple fact that a lion is present at an energetic level denotes leadership, there is an empire, there is strength…

Cubic Bull

When I made this piece, the cubic bull was a challenge first of all because it entered the subject of bulls.

Every time you mention the bull, it means being in favor of bullfighting.

I have never participated in bullfighting, I would be the first to be there if the fight were fair, I believe a lot in the part where if something is fair, go ahead…

For me, making a bull was a challenge and today that I have done it, I can say that it is hypnotizing to be able to feel every muscle, those movements, that delivery of the animal is one of the most impressive things. I chose another material other than bronze art for these meanings and nuances.

Panther

I wanted to make a bronze art of a feline that would be representative of skill, cunning, sensuality, and at the same time something that is very elegant.

For me, the panther is bronze art that represents the preparation to do something, strength, and attack.

A way to represent when someone has a project in mind, when they are going after something or someone; in how every movement must be balanced, I saw this when I saw how a feline of that size moved to stalk its prey, for me, it was a source of inspiration that an animal has that majesty.

Any feline makes me see its muscles, the bones between the skin and the subtle but firm footsteps, and that’s how we have to be in business and in life.

This bronze art is dedicated to a great planner, observer, and executor. This in daily life is seen everywhere, from what we want to do, our decisions and handling, being cautious, in some way exact and careful with our words and actions.

Sometimes it takes work to realize it but it is part of a teaching, the power to reach that perfection that the panther can give.

It took me two months to give it the perfect movement, to make the tail, the claws, the muscles, the look, and everything it has seen in a single bronze art sculpture: balance, skill, and strength. This piece strikes me as highly elegant.

Modern Horse

In this sculpture that I made some time ago, it was very interesting because it was in fact the first piece that I wanted to bring out as nature, I wanted a different horse, one that did not look like the others, to give it the strength and spirit in a very stylized way. But always making the equine look like such.

The meaning is precisely that it is a piece that speaks of strength, freedom, dominance, and at the same time a strong spirit. It is for someone who is not only a horse lover but who likes things their way, it is for a free, revolutionary, and wild mind.

Why did I want to make a horse this way? It is a cry for freedom, it is a cry for doing things right all the time with impetuous force. I liked the modern theme because it allowed for a special form, a form that does not go out of style and that is of the moment.

The emotions are wild, rebellious, obsessed with perfection, always breaking out of normal patterns. It is a strong soul of great potential like this modern horse that is on two legs fighting, celebrating, and moving freely.

This relates to real life with the horse because it always catches our attention with its mane, its way of walking, its elegance. This piece has that elegant part that can adorn a business, house, office, or company. Any entrance or bedroom. It teaches that the spirit of the horse is in us.

Due to its shape, the bronze holds the strength of the horse and must be very stylized.