"Martin Mayer overcomes the purely sensual nature and achieves formal principles beyond the creaturely. Thus, it is not nature that becomes the actual starting point for the artist, but the idea immanent in it, recognised by the sculptor and made visible through abstraction." *
Martin Mayer: Eisbär.
1958, cement, l 46 cm.
Martin Mayer: Sitzender Keiler.
1960, bronze, h 124 cm.
Martin Mayer: Adler.
1961, bronze, h 160 cm.
Martin Mayer: Penguin.
1963, plaster, h 38 cm.
Martin Mayer: Brütendes Huhn.
1965, bronze, h 25 cm.
Martin Mayer: Kranich.
1966, bronze, h 165 cm.
Martin Mayer: Kugelnder Bär.
1968, bronze, h 104 cm.