Nikola and Erich Faller

Nikola and Erich FallerNikola Faller
1978, Osijek, Croatia
After graduating in Germany, takes a long trip through out South East Asia. Imatriculates on the Academy of Fine Arts in Belgrade, Serbia. Graduates Sculpture in the class of prof. Željka Momirov.

Lives and works in Osijek and Lug (Croatia). Studio of ceramic manufacturing ' Vesna', he is the iniciator, founder and art director of the land art sculpture project 'SLAMA' (www.slama.hr) with the great help of his brother ERICH FALLER (vicepresident & project manager). SLAMA is since 2006 with international participation of young artists.

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Wine barrel pipe • 'Ceci n'est pas une pipe' Hommáge á René Magritte

'Ceci n'est pas une pipe' is the famous painting of the french surrealist Rene Magritte, which has been the inspiration for the sculpture, as well as the round and compact wine barrel itself. As a funktional sculpture our pipe is designed to be lighted ocasionally burning straw and fine scenting herbs as a form of interactve ritual performed by the artist and the audience fullfiling the air with uniqe vlyan wine – oak barrel flavour.