Christa und Helmut Stiegler

Colour and design - a trip into the ego

10.08.2007 - 10.10.2007

"Two birds with one stone", loosely based on this adage, FactoryGallery is holding a dual exhibition. Husband and wife artist couple, Christa and Helmut Stiegler, are showing pictures by the painter, Christa Stiegler in conjunction with the exciting sculptures by the sculptor Helmut Stiegler; the works complement each other admirably both in composition and arrangement. Christa Stiegler has been a freelance artist and seminar leader for intuitive art since 1990 working from a studio in Steinersdorf near Ansbach, where she also has her own gallery. Prior to this, the 50 year old completed eight years of private study in art and painting. The artist, who has since then exhibited regularly in galleries and in public, is also trained in person centred counselling, life coaching and psycho-oncology. The pictures rather than describing physical, tangible things, depict those of the spiritual world. Exhibits are thus created in mixed media with acrylic colours, overworked with layers of translucent oil glaze and oil chalk, occasionally combined with structural and collage material. The various colours with their differing vibration frequencies and wave lengths also represent their physical idiosyncrasy appropriately to the physical/spiritual/mental aspects of people. These colour vibration frequencies in a way build a bridge between the visible and the invisible. For the first time there is a piece of furniture on view at FactoryGallery, which draws together art and furniture craftsmanship. The creative carpenter and joiner, who is interested in art, Lukas Buckel from Aurach, inserts a picture theme into a wall cupboard door and thus combines art with practical usage – an advantage for small apartments with limited wall space. To better understand the aesthetic beauty of Helmut Stiegler's work it is helpful to immerse oneself in the creative process of his work. This "trailer" begins long before the actual physical craftsmanship in the studio. The artist frequently combines his images with questions of meaning. He does this to invite the observer to an internal communication with himself about the work of art, as "art is the nourishment of the soul" according to a core statement by the sculptor. All art lovers have the opportunity to view these unusual exhibits which are full of phantasy in the FactoryGallery, belonging to LAUDA, during the usual business hours, until mid October.

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