Rudolf Kurz

The enigmatic becomes mysterious

01.10.2005 - 30.11.2005

The twin exhibition by Rudolf Kurz hosted in the Caritas-Krankenhaus in Bad Mergentheim and in the FabrikGalerie is no mean feat. The "Pictures, statues and sculptures" exhibition by Rudolf Kurz requires openness and willingness to confront serious subjects. The artist Rudolf Kurz, born in 1952 in Ellwangen, is a classic sculptor and his reputation amongst artistic circles is anything but trivial. Following the traditional line of Michelangelo-Rodin-Hrdlicka, Kurz considers it his obligation to treat the materials justly. In his exhibitions, you will encounter sandstone, marble and basalt in accord with metal, steel and bronze. The artist’s dealings with Christian motifs resulted in a part of the exhibition being established in a denominational hospital. The idea behind the exhibition in the hospital was to expose those in the hospital (i.e. patients, visitors and the medical staff) to critical situations and illnesses in the form of the subjects of "Body – cross-bearers, man’s obligations and suffering", in order to find comfort and rays of hope in the contemplation of the artistic works. The pictures and sculptures by Rudolf Kurz exhibited in the FabrikGalerie are an excellent counterpart to the exhibits in the Caritas-Krankenhaus, whereby the varied "rays of light" in the forms of pictures and the ”torsos” in the exhibited sculptures require intense contemplation in order to reveal their secret and to resolve the "ramifications". With his works, Rudolf Kurz goes against the trend of fleeting pictures, which we are surrounded by every day. He doesno-’t wish to be specific. He leaves us with mysteries, and the enigmatic becomes mysterious. Many of his works can be viewed in public places and in many churches in the south-west as well as in Rome (the private chapel of Cardinal Kaspar and the Collegium Germanicum), and in the church in Schrozberg, the hospital chapel of the Virngrundklinik, Ellwangen. The exhibition in the LAUDA FabrikGalerie Dr. R. Wobser, Pfarrstraße 41-43, can be viewed during officehours until the end of November 2005. Photo: Hammer/Tauberzeitung

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