Bending Steel Bar

Adolf Müller-Crefeld’s figures include those of dancers, athletes, and workers—individuals involved in activities from which he could sculpt dynamic forms of bodies in motion. He had an affinity for nudes, as he sought to show the power and grace of the human body.
Rather than demonstrating any sort of productive work, this figure is as much a study in the human form as it is a depiction of work. Clad only in a loin cloth, this ‘worker’ employs sheer physical force to wield human control over the material produced.