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Winterauktionen 24.–25.11.2023
Goering, Bernd
Born 1962 Basel, lives and works in Lörrach and Efringen-Kirchen.
«Ohne Titel (untitled)».
1996. Rose-coloured granite, cut. 2 pieces. Signed on the inside and dated (19)96.
H 20, W 25, D 21 cm (variable).
In a conversation with the author and aphorist Nikolaus Cybinski, who was also Goering's teacher at the Hans-Thoma-Gymnasium in Lörrach, Goering said that he was not a sculptor. Cybinski thinks this rejection should be taken literally, because Goering does not «sculpt» something pictorial from a stone with hammer and chisel. «Nature becomes art by transforming the compact mass into a play of curved forces. The fact that he succeeds in preserving the heaviness of the stone in its new form is one of the secrets of his skill.» Nikolaus Cybinski, Finder und Erfinder, fünf freundschaftliche Annäherungen, in: Bernd Goering Skulpturen, Vom Anfang an, Freiburg i.Br. 2012, p. 4.
Authentication: We would like to thank the artist for the authentication via e-mail, based on photos, 23.08.2023.
Provenance: private collection Dreiländereck.
Exhibition: Bernd Goering, Skulpturen 1994 - 1997, Galerie Stahlberger, Weil a. Rhein 1998, Markgräfler Museum, Müllheim 1998, Museum Eckernförde 1999.
Literature: Galerie Edition Stahlberger (Ed.), Bernd Goering, Sculptures 1994 - 1997, Weil a. Rhein 1997, w/o p., Link p. 37.

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