Bronze sculpture “To Embrace” by Ann Vrielinck

In her bronze sculptures, Belgian artist Ann Vrielinck explores and questions aspects of human action and behavior within a community. She often illustrates these themes through groups of slender, highly abstracted figures cast in rough, untreated bronze. She requires only a few details to clearly convey the gestures and movements of her figures. Ann Vrielinck (born 1966) began her artistic training at the Academy of Fine Arts in Bruges. In 1988, she received a higher degree from the St. Lucas School of Arts. She later completed a teaching qualification and attended several courses in the restoration of paintings and ceramics. She now teaches fine arts at the Academy of Fine Arts in Bruges.