Volker W. Hamann's artistic work is characterized by a deep interest in the material world and its expressive transformability. His works emerge from the tension between craftsmanship and experimentation, between natural form and artistic intervention. Starting with a classical training as a stone sculptor, he developed a multifaceted artistic practice in which he explores and combines a wide variety of materials—including stone, wood, and photographic media.

A central theme of his work is transformation: in his hands, raw material becomes a vehicle for inner tensions, a form of expression for both subjective and collective experience. Wooden sculptures, in particular, play a prominent role in this process – often worked with a chainsaw, they exhibit an immediate, almost archaic power. At the same time, his approach to photography is characterized by a keen sense of light, form, and staging, opening up an additional dimension of vision.

Hamann's work thrives on his exploration of the material as well as his search for a timeless, often archaic visual language. It is an art that grows from the depths of craftsmanship, but is not exhausted by craftsmanship—rather, it seeks a form for the inexpressible.

Volker W. Hamann's artistic essence is condensed into a particularly clear form in the VISBCOR works: They combine the physical presence of the material with a poetic depth that extends far beyond the visible. The title "VISBCOR"—a neologism from visibile (visible) and cor (heart)—already hints at what they are about: making the inner self visible, making the "heart" visible in the broadest sense.

The works are neither purely figurative nor abstract, but oscillate on the threshold between form and meaning. Their seemingly archaic materiality—often left raw, layered, worked, yet never fully controlled—refers to Hamann's artisanal background as a stone sculptor, but also to his urge to transcend boundaries and embrace experimental openness. The sculptures emerge from an intensive engagement with the material, the processual, the fragmentary—and thereby express an existential depth that is tangible but elusive.

Hamann's central artistic concern is manifested in the VISBCOR BILDWERKen: making inner movements visible through dialogue with the material. They are an expression of an art that does not illustrate, but transforms—does not represent, but evokes. The works invite the viewer to engage in a kind of "reading with the heart"—a silent recognition beyond language.