Karl Rätsch: 90 years old and more creative than ever - new sculpture magic!

Karl Rätsch: 90 years old and more creative than ever - new sculpture magic!

In a small studio in the Uckermark, a fascinating work of art is currently being built: Karl Rätsch, a 90-year-old sculptor, has created a sculpture made of walnut wood, which stimulates thinking with its impressive melancholic expression. The sculpture bears the title "Brothers and Sisters-what made you so hard" and should act as a "meanness" and "slap in the face" for the viewer himself. According to the artist himself. According to the artist. According to Nordkurier , the walnut wood, the Rätsch, has been in the wooden camp for over 40 years and tells its own story.

Karl Rätsch, born on April 19, 1935 in Gersdorf, Lower Silesia, grew up in a wood carver family and developed a sense of injustices and the violation of human dignity early on. His artistic training began in 1952 with an apprenticeship as a wood sculptor in Cottbus, followed by studying the stone sculpture in Leipzig and at the University of Fine and Applied Arts in Berlin-Weißensee with well-known teachers such as Heinrich Drake and Waldemar Grzimek. Already during his studies he received the Goethe scholarship, which decisively shaped his artistic career, as Wikipedia reported.

a life for art

Rätsch has been a freelance artist since 1962 and has earned a reputation as a passionate and productive sculptor over the years. He lives and works in the Uckermark and is known for his tireless commitment - he dedicates more than ten hours of his art every day. He is currently working on several sculptures at the same time, including a large -lived figure from oak, which his children gave him for his birthday.

Rätsch often combines strongly abstract shapes with recognizable human figures, which makes his work particularly alive and appealing. His sculptures are characterized by a liberated approach to the human figure, which always plays with the material and its character - a central aspect of sculpture, as well as the details on Wikipedia

exhibitions and projects

The anticipation for the upcoming exhibitions is great. From June 22nd, some of Rätsch's work will be shown in the Helenenkapelle Hohenlychen. In September there is a big anniversary exhibition on his 90th birthday in the gallery on Kietz in Schwedt/or. A later exhibition in the Schlosskirche Neustrelitz will present the walnut wood sculpture and offer further space for discussions about human vulnerability.

Rätsch is an example of how art is passed on across generations and repeatedly raises new questions. His work invites you to deal with current topics and to rethink your own position - a dialogue that he obviously strives for with his impressive sculptures.