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RUI CHAFES 19. Januar - 24. März 2018
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Der
portugiesische Künstler Rui Chafes ( * 1966 in Lissabon ) hat nach
seinem Bildhauerstudium in Portugal 2 Jahre an der Kunstakademie in
Düsseldorf bei Gerhard Merz studiert. Er selber sagt: " ich mache keine
Skulpturen, ich mache Schatten".
Beeinflusst von dem spätmittelalterlichen Tilman Riemenschneider, sind
Detailaufnahmen von Riemenschneiders Holzschnitzereien mit seinen
eigenen Arbeiten in einem Buch Um Sopro ( ein Hauch, 2003) von
ihm herausgegeben worden. Er mißtraut den üblichen Trennungen
zwischen sogenannter „zeitgenössischer“ und „historischer“ Kunst. Zudem
hat er von dem Romantiker Novalis die Fragmente ins
Portugiesische übersetzt. Diese Geistesverwandtschaft ist in seinen
Skulpturen sichtbar. Es entstehen fliessende Formen, deren weiches
Aussehen nicht das harte Material Stahl vermuten läßt. So entsteht der
Eindruck von Schatten, die sich verändern und verflüchtigen können. RUI CHAFES
» BALTHAZAR « 19 January - 24 March 2018
After studying sculpture in Portugal, the artist Rui Chafes (born 1966 in Lisbon), attended the Düsseldorf Arts Academy for two years, studying under Gerhard Merz. The artist himself says: “I don’t make sculptures; I make shadows.” Influenced by the late medieval master Tilman Riemenschneider, Chafes has published the book Um Sopro (“A Breath”, 2003), containing detailed shots of Riemenschneider’s woodcarvings alongside his own works. He is suspicious of the way in which art is usually divided between the “contemporary” and the “historical”. He has also translated the “fragments” of the German Romantic Novalis into Portuguese. This affinity is visibly reflected in his sculpture, where flowing shapes emerge whose delicate appearance belies the fact that they are made of hard steel, creating an impression of shadows that are able to shift and disappear. This exhibit containing new works by the artist is titled BALTHAZAR, named after the donkey in the film Au hasard Balthazar by Robert Bresson. The film is “one of the most important films of my life”, according to Rui Chafes: “It has always played a central role in my work due to the strict and exacting aesthetic principles of Robert Bresson, which I have been following in my own work for years.” Chafes has represented his homeland at the biennials in Venice and São Paulo. In Germany he was awarded the Robert Jacobsen Prize by the Würth Foundation.
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