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Artwork by the Böbingen sculptor Andrea Kreipe adorns the "Walberla Sculpture Path"

2021-10-21T10:10:55.387Z


The "Walberla" is a mountain in Upper Franconia, a popular hiking area, the gateway to Franconian Switzerland - and currently also an art attraction. Ten sculptors from all over Germany created works for the “Walberla Sculpture Path”. One of them is Andrea Kreipe from Böbing.


The "Walberla" is a mountain in Upper Franconia, a popular hiking area, the gateway to Franconian Switzerland - and currently also an art attraction.

Ten sculptors from all over Germany created works for the “Walberla Sculpture Path”.

One of them is Andrea Kreipe from Böbing.

Böbing -

She discovered the advertisement in the specialist magazine “Atelier”: They were looking for sculptors who wanted to design a sculpture path on Walberla in Kirchehrenbach in Upper Franconia (Forchheim district). The artist Andrea Kreipe, who has lived in Böbing since 1988, applied. Of 45 applicants, she was one of ten to be selected by the jury. The material and form of processing were free, the work of art should only have a connection to the region in terms of content.

So Kreipe dealt with the local world of legends and came across "The Wild Hunt", which the Germanic god Odin and his entourage are supposed to hold there during the winter storms.

His wife Frigga is described as a "cloud weaver".

Kreipe thought that was a “fantastic idea” - and with it her motive was found: She wanted to portray this woman in her ambivalence, on the one hand at the side of the wild Odin and at the same time endowed with such a delicate skill.

So she created the bronze figure that appears to be riding on a base made of travertine.

The sculpture breathes archaic power and ethereal lightness at the same time.

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The artist Andrea Kreipe in her garden in Böbing.

© Sabine Näher

The sculptor, who studied in Munich, regularly exhibits throughout Bavaria and abroad and is represented in public spaces with her works of art, came to Pischlach by chance in 1988 because she was looking for a studio in the country.

When the old farm was sold, she had already met her current husband, a native of Böbinger, and moved with him to his parents' farm.

The couple still live there.

“I divide my life between sculpture and agriculture,” says Kreipe.

In addition to around 60 mountain sheep, the rural household includes two horses, five cats and a flock of chickens.

She also has a vegetable field - and of course a spacious studio.

Sculpture loaned for two years

It was exciting for the artist to experience how the frigga created here would look in the Upper Franconian landscape. When she recently traveled to Kirchehrenbach to open the trail, she was delighted to discover that it fits in perfectly with the area. The local art and culture association, which initiated the path and realized it with the help of public funds such as private donations, has borrowed the sculptures from the artists for two years: as long as they have to stay on the path, after that the creators can freely dispose of them, So sell them too. Since Andrea Kreipe was able to experience how the villagers identify with “their” works of art during her visit, she would not be averse if Frigga could stay at the idyllic Walberla.

More information

on the sculpture trail, all works and artists (including voting on an audience award):


skulpturenweg-walberla.de

FROM SABINE CLOSER

Source: merkur

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