transversal 2003, Kehl
transversal 2003 Kehl, Germany (Frontier to France)
Vosges granite and Black Forest granite | sawn, milled, brushed | 212 x 212 x 1170 cm | Photography: picture 1+2 Martin Albrecht †
Vosges granite and Black Forest granite | sawn, milled, brushed | 212 x 212 x 1170 cm | Photography: picture 1+2 Martin Albrecht †
Fig. 1: Before the unveiling in October 2003
Fig. 2: Sculpture transversal at its former location in front of the station
Fig. 3: Production of the granite blocks at Rochus Jogerst GmbH, Oberkirch
Fig. 4: Sculpture transversal at its former location in front of the station
Fig. 5: transversal model sculpture 2003 | in original material | 14 x 14 x 110 cm | Private collection Switzerland
Fig. 2: Sculpture transversal at its former location in front of the station
Fig. 3: Production of the granite blocks at Rochus Jogerst GmbH, Oberkirch
Fig. 4: Sculpture transversal at its former location in front of the station
Fig. 5: transversal model sculpture 2003 | in original material | 14 x 14 x 110 cm | Private collection Switzerland
Structuralism - Heinz Höfchen 2014 in the catalog jk, "Out of Nothing"
Of course, the philosophical debates about the various theories of structuralism are also an essential basis for the reception of contemporary art. They play an important role in the back of the minds of art critics. One could also say that, taken together, they are their gut feeling. This is because modern, structuralist art scholarship does not view the aesthetic object as an individual artifact, but is interested in evaluating general structural regularities and their potentially enduring history of effects. Since an essential characteristic of the term structure implies order, however regulated, arbitrariness or even artistic arbitrariness is ruled out.
In particular, an artistic style in the field of concrete art is per se structurally determined. Even more closely related to the mathematical-geometric foundations of concretion, Max Bill defined as early as 1949: concrete art, in its ultimate consequence, is the pure expression of harmonious measure and law; it orders systems and gives life to these orders by artistic means.''
Since then, the love of geometry has evolved artistically - concrete art has increasingly perceived and visually incorporated natural processes. This can also be seen in the work of Jochen Kitzbihler, who is considered a prominent representative of organic concretion. His vital interest is in transformation, the initially paradoxical goal of which is to recognize the structural equality of opposites. To illustrate, a magnificent example of Kitzbihler's work in this respect is the monumental stele transversal made of two different granites, namely Vosges granite and Black Forest granite, which emphasizes the common growth of the two countries through the alternating arrangement of the stone blocks at the entrance to the Europabrücke bridge in Kehl.