Sculptures Unveiled at Sculptors' Symposium: 'Great Addition to Valley'

The staging could hardly have been better.

The rain clouds in Hohendilching cleared up just in time for the finissage of the international artificial fertilizer sculpture symposium.

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Just a few hours earlier, the sculptor and host Tobel had feared “it would fall completely into the water”, but all the puddles dried up in time and the ceremony could begin.

Atmospheric as you know it when co-organizer Christiane Ahlhelm turns the presentations into small festivals.

This time not only the new exhibits were unveiled.

At the same time, a large audience also celebrated the tenth anniversary of this only international sculpture symposium in southern Germany.

"It's a great enrichment for Valley," emphasized Mayor Bernhard Schäfer, who was one of the many people who looked over the shoulders of the artists during the work phase.

Everyone was excited to find out what was hidden under the red cloths that had left bright spots in the clearing.

Revealing the first exhibit alone was not enough.

Red mist shrouded Roxana Usnayo Quelca's stone, underscoring what the La Paz sculptress had carved into the hard granite.

With her "lungs" she wanted to show that Covid makes no distinctions between people and their social background.

The Bolivian, deeply impressed by the place and its people, dedicated her work to Tobel and the entire troupe, who would have made her feel at home here.

Artist in Residence: Ukrainian has been working in the Kunstdünger association since February

Just like Saeid Ahmadi has had to do since February.

Because the Ukraine refugee was accepted as an artist in residence by the Kunstdünger association, he still has time to continue working on his “last warrior”.

How he should look was anticipated by a staging, for which a boy from the audience slipped into the role of the rider, whose emergence can be observed in the coming weeks.

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The network of galaxies by Josef Pleier (middle) was staged by Ahlhelm and Tobel with biodegradable foam.

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In the meantime he had phases in which he simply saw his work as madness, confessed Josef Pleier, who wanted to present the current measurements on the structures of the universe in a frothy form.

According to the artist from Pfaffenwinkel, he drilled 352 holes into the stone according to scientific templates, and not only wished the viewers a lot of fun with it.

They were also allowed to take their little piece of the galaxy home with them along with the drill cores.

Or rather a symbolic little bee, like the one Ahlhelm placed in the honeycomb structure of the Sardinian Alessandro Canu.

Ten years ago, Canu showcased the preciousness of water with his drop.

This time he's trying to use a honeycomb to show how big things can grow from a small thing.

The evening sun gave a little hint,

Take care of natural materials in case of rain

Sybille Kobus worked extremely ephemerally;

She spent sleepless hours wondering whether her "wasps' nest" made of natural materials in a tree would survive rain at all.

"Humility" was her theme and she needed some of it.

What remained was country art in the best sense.

In just a few days, wind and rain left their mark.

Tobel has nothing of the sort to fear with “Finding the inner balance”, even though “the crooked creature that winds its way through the stone” often challenged his inner balance.

Up to the last minute he tortured himself and fought with the stone.

It was worth it.

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