Regine von Rudloff-Zeibig and Jürg Müller
September 1 to October 11, 2013: Regine von Rudloff-Zeibig, >Works on paper< und Jürg Müller >Sculptures<
Photo session with the public
Müller's torsos and von Rudloff's mixed media in the Attica corridor
The sculptures were created between 2007 and 2013 and the mixed media works between 2012 and 2013.
They really do fit together! Although the abstract mixed media works by Regine von Rudloff and the sculptures by Jürg Müller have no reference to reality - apart from the torsos on the plinths - they can be characterized as real creations in their own right.
Müller's figure
The artist's object, made from aircraft plywood, is inspired by the techniques of sailboat building. The artist, a trained boat builder, has applied the so-called "strake", the perfect and coherent curve that is obligatory in shipbuilding. The diagonal, a favorite of sailors, is also part of his repertoire. This is how he creates dynamism and spatiality. The object protrudes into the room and appears to float in front of the wall. A reference to reality after all! The artistic derivation asserts itself as a creative product.
In the artist's studio
Regine von Rudloff has a similar working process. Her walks in the forest and across the fields - whether in the sunshine or in the rain and fog - inspire her as she works. Without having sketched a design beforehand, she tries out various techniques and witnesses the creation of a scenario. This is her painting, a creative artifact.
It is astonishing how Regine von Rudloff-Zeibig's artistic path has developed. Early, detailed drawings of fossils from 1978 have undergone a long metamorphosis into creative creations of non-objective figurations from the present day.
Regine von Rudloff-Zeibig and Jürg Müller exhibited at the Heart Center 9 years ago, in 2004. Their works "complement" each other through an artistic arc of tension that has one thing in common. Both artists create never-before-seen forms and compositions that do not occur in nature, but which are readily associated with "nature". The Swiss artist Jürg Müller works the block of wood intuitively. Sketches fix the imagined object, but new structures and forms emerge as he works on the sculpture. An artistic momentum develops that conveys power and tension. The pear tree and ebony sculptures, with their smooth and well-formed surfaces, radiate a calm that could bring one to contentment.
Vita - Regine von Rudloff-Zeibig
- 1962-1966 Attended the Werkkunstschule Wuppertal.
- Graduated with Prof. Rudolf Schoofs.
- Several works by her professor, who died in Stuttgart in 2009, hang proudly in her apartment.
- One year after graduating, she opened her own studio in Düsseldorf.
- Moves to Freiburg with her family in 1981.
- Lives and works as an artist in Horben in the Black Forest.