By the name of Jenner van Rens ( a partnership ) Ad Jenner designed and produced jewellery and industrial products from 1983 untill 1987. All these designs leaned heavily on his development as a plastic artist. From 1987 on he emphasized his free work more and more. A series of exhibitions followed in Germany, with, as a highlight, a co-exhibition in 1992 in Bielefeld with the sculptor Marino Marini.

 

Paramount in his themes is man versus the surrounding world. His work is not directed towards that ‘one moment’, but the result of a process that always continues….

 

From the beginning till the present his free work shows an organic development. He considers the making of each sculpture as a journey that has to be experienced and lived through from beginning to end. During that development he leaves the ultimate destination open as long as possible instead of fixing it beforehand.  

 

Referring to one of Ad Jenner’s exhibitions a reviewer wrote that he uses an imagery that recalls old symbols and images resulting in an almost religious character. Searching for balance and equilibrium continuously keeps him busy: what can you leave out so that you save what keeps you going? How can you find the balance between spirituality and the things you have to do with in life? How selective can you be when leaving things out? What are the frills, flounces and furbelows and what is essential?

 

Feeling and reason, belly and head are always interwoven in his work. His quest for essence is expressed by the materials he chooses for his free work: stone and bronze. Obstinate materials with limited possibilities force him to focus on the subject. In this way he constantly looks for the limits of what he can achieve and confines his work to single copies and small quantities.