Livia und Michael Kubach und Kropp

Stein für die Begegnung (Stone for the Encounter)

2013 - 2013

Blauer brasilianischer Quarz und schwarzer Schwedischer Granit (blue brasilian quartz and black granite from Sweden)

28 x 22 x 9 cm

Unikat

Stone - Light - Sound



About the stone sculptures by Kubach & Kropp

Stone is formed deep inside the earth, from

compacted sand or solidified lava.



It is formed through the interplay of temperature,

pressure and a lot of time. Volcanic eruptions,

natural erosion or earthquakes bring it

it to the light. Glaciers and flowing water

carry it over long distances and give it

it characteristic shapes.



Stone is the matter of our world, older than all life and

the history of the planet.

The origin and formation of stone through

archaic elemental forces can be seen in the sculptures

the sculptures of the artist couple Kubach & Kropp

still visible. The original surfaces of the

reddish-yellow crusts and natural sintering, for example, contrast with the

sintering contrast with

with processed, highly polished surfaces,

which allow a view into the crystalline depth of the stone.

depths of the stone.



Stone is often associated with strength, durability and stability

strength, durability and stability and is considered a

and durable material that can last for centuries

even millennia. This is why

the metre-high monumental sculptures of the

of the artist couple seem to be able to

outlast the ages to come. This presumed

stability, however, is thoroughly

the islands of pillars, for example, are shaking. Due to

a push, the massive stone moves back and forth

back and forth, undulating in a ponderous rhythm

and sounds amazingly clear and crystalline

through the pillars, the triggered drill cores

which rock along in their holes, rub against each other

rub against each other and produce their very own tones.





The sculptures by Livia Kubach and Michael Kropp point - past the impenetrable mass and immovable weight of the stone and through it - to the permeable, sensitive, light and momentary sides of the stone. In them, the seemingly unbreakable interpenetrates and interacts with the incessantly endangered, the seemingly eternal with the - often barely perceptible - fleeting. You can see that in them.



And you can hear it in them.



Often most haunting and inescapable in the works whose design does not follow a planned conception of sound: they sound very unique, thin-skinned and bony or with the quality of breathing, corporeal.



They seem - shaken and set in vibration - to touch us directly inwardly and just as physically, to make a hidden kinship with them vibrate in us, to shake us.



Others unfold extraordinary melodic possibilities that go beyond our tempered and sworn listening.



All of them elicit from me, more than I would have to elicit the sounds from them, attention to the simple, an alertness for the present moment, awakening my perception of the simultaneous and equal value of the unbreakable-eternal and the filigree-volatile, in the stones, in the moment and in us.



As dense and massive or fragile and succinct as their sound may be, they bring me without hesitation into a state in which I do not think, but feel that music is born out of silence and leads back into it.





SOLO EXHIBITIONS



2023

GMT Gallery Marc Triebold, Riehen, Switzerland

Galleria Kröger, Ascona, CH



2022

Galleria Kröger, Ascona, CH



2021

Gallery Rother, Wiesbaden

Castle Park Museum Bad Kreuznach



2019

Spielvogel Gallery, Munich

Rother-Winter Gallery, Wiesbaden



2017

Janzen Gallery, Düsseldorf



2016

Gallery Liebau, Burghaun near Fulda

MVB Forum Mainz

Gallery Janzen, Düsseldorf

Gallery Rother-Winter, Wiesbaden



2015

Gallery for Contemporary Art, Zurich-Bonstetten, Switzerland

State Parliament Rhineland-Palatinate, Mainz

Wilmsen Gallery, Rheineck, Switzerland

Galleria Stefano Forni, Bologna, Italy



2014

Galeria Anquins, Reus, Spain

Dorsch Gallery, Berlin

Gallery Schemm, Münster

Gallery Rother Winter, Wiesbaden

Bad Münster Stone Sculpture Museum



2013

Spielvogel Gallery, Munich

Gallery Netuschil, Darmstadt

Gallery Janzen Wuppertal



2012

Gallery au Fond de la Cour, Paris, France

Gallery for Contemporary Art, Zurich-Bonstetten, Switzerland

Savings Bank Baden-Baden



2011

Gallery Winter, Wiesbaden

Schemm Gallery, Münster

Gallery Liebau, Burghaun near Fulda

Spielvogel Gallery, Munich



2010

Gallery Melchior, Kassel

Gallery Moderne, Bad Zwischenahn

Gallery Henze Ketterer Triebold, Riehen/Basel, Switzerland

Draenert Orangery, Immenstaad



2009

Gallery Janzen Wuppertal

Gallery for Contemporary Art, Zurich-Bonstetten

Art Karlsruhe, Janzen Gallery

Liebau Gallery, Fulda-Burghaun



2008

Gallery Hrobsky, Vienna

Gallery Winter, Wiesbaden

Märkisches Museum Witten



2007

Park Ryu Sook Gallery, Seoul, Korea

Noran Gallery, Panker

Beddington Fine Art, Bargemon, France



2006

Gallery for Contemporary Art, Zurich-Bonstetten, Switzerland

Gallery Winter, Wiesbaden

Noack Gallery, Mönchengladbach

CHIAROSCURO Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA



2005

CHIAROSCURO Gallery, Scottsdale, Arizona, USA

ART Karlsruhe, Gallery Hennemann

Gallery Hennemann, Bonn

Gallery Hrobsky, Vienna, Austria





2004

Gallery Winter, Wiesbaden

Organ ART Museum, Windesheim

Park Ryu Sook Gallery, Seoul, Korea

Gallery Melchior, Kassel

CHIAROSCURO Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA



2003

Winter Gallery, Wiesbaden

Piretti Art Gallery, Knokke le Zoute, Belgium

Fischer Fine Art, Mougins, France

Gallery for Contemporary Art, Zurich-Bonstetten, Switzerland



2002

Rosenkranz Gallery, Chemnitz

Liebau Gallery, Fulda-Burghaun, Germany

CHIAROSCURO Gallery, Scottsdale, Arizona, USA

Fischer Fine Art, Mougins, France



2001

CHIAROSCURO Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA

Meissner Gallery, Hamburg



2000

Gallery Hennemann, Bad Homburg

Rosenkranz Gallery, Chemnitz



1999

Liebau Gallery, Fulda-Burghaun

Castle Park Museum and Roman Hall, Bad Kreuznach

Gallery for Contemporary Art, Zurich-Bonstetten, Switzerland

Gallery Resy Muijsers, Tilburg, Netherlands



1998

Piretti Art Gallery, Knokke le Zoute, Belgium

Gallery Kontraste, Pietrasanta, Italy

Gallery Moderne, Bad Zwischenahn, Germany

Gallery Regio, Freiburg

Gallery Hennemann, Bonn





1997

Gallery Promotion des Arts Contemporains, Gesves, Belgium

Gallery for Contemporary Art, Zurich-Bonstetten, Switzerland

LINE ART Gent, Piretti Art Gallery, Belgium



1996

KUNST edition Waldherr, Kirchheimbolanden

Gallery Hennemann, Bonn



1995

Gallery Regio, Freiburg



1992

Gallery Annelie Brusten, Wuppertal





GROUP EXHIBITIONS



2023

Aquins Art Gallery, Reus, Spain

"Body"

Stone Sculpture Museum Bad Münster



2022

"Sculpture and architecture"

Stone Sculpture Museum Bad Münster

Bohrer Gallery, Bonstetten near Zurich, Switzerland

Ebernburg artists' railway station



2019

"Water and Stone" Stone Sculpture Museum Bad Münster

Discovery ART Fair Frankfurt with Galerie Rother-Winter, Wiesbaden



2018

Discovery ART Fair Frankfurt with Galerie Rother-Winter, Wiesbaden

"Couples" at the Bad Münster Stone Sculpture Museum

Art Brussels with Galeria Anquins, Reus

ART Cologne with Henze-Ketterer-Triebold, Riehen

ART Karlsruhe with Henze-Ketterer-Triebold, Riehen





2017



Art Karlsruhe with Galerie Rother-Winter

Art at Karrie

Gallery Melchior Kassel

"Blue" Gallery Rother-Winter, Wiesbaden



2016



"Insight-Outlook" Stone Sculpture Museum Bad Münster

Arte Fieri Bologna art fair with Stefano Forni Gallery, Italy

"25 years of Galerie Bohrer", Bonstetten near Zurich, Switzerland

Art Karlsruhe with Galerie Wilmsen, Galerie Janzen

Galerie Moderne, Bad Zwischenahn

ART FAIR Cologne with Galerie Wilmsen

KUNST Zurich, Gallery Elfi Bohrer, Bonstetten, Switzerland



2015

Art Karlsruhe with Galerie Henze-Ketterer-Triebold, Galerie Winter, Galerie Janzen

Gallery Moderne, Bad Zwischenahn

Arte Fieri Bologna art fair with Stefano Forni Gallery, Italy

ART Bodensee art fair Dornbirn with Galerie Wilmsen

Janzen Gallery as guest at Löwenpalais Berlin

ART FAIR Cologne with Wilmsen Gallery

KUNST Zurich, Gallery Elfi Bohrer, Bonstetten, Switzerland

Fine Art Cologne Art Fair Cologne



2014

Art Karlsruhe with Galerie Henze-Ketterer-Triebold,

Gallery Rother Winter, Gallery Janzen

ART FAIR Cologne with Galerie Wilmsen

KUNST Zurich, Gallery Elfi Bohrer, Bonstetten, Switzerland

Gallery Interart in Heeswijk-Dinther, Netherlands

Galeria Anquins, Reus, Spain



2013

Art Karlsruhe with Galerie Winter, Galerie Janzen

ART Cologne Cologne with Galerie Henze-Ketterer-Triebold

Kurhaus Baden Baden art fair with Galerie Wilmsen

Gallery Interart in Heeswijk-Dinther, Netherlands

ART Bodensee art fair Dornbirn with Galerie Wilmsen

ART Copenhagen, Denmark, with Galerie Anquins

ART FAIR Cologne with Galerie Winter

8 x 8 artists at Herrenhof Mußbach

Gebert Contemporary, Santa Fe, New Mexico

KUNST Zurich, Gallery Elfi Bohrer, Bonstetten, Switzerland

Strasbourg Art Fair with Galeria Anquins

Affordable Artfair Hamburg with Galerie Wilmsen



2012

ART FAIR Cologne with Galerie Winter

KUNST Zurich, Gallery Elfi Bohrer, Bonstetten, Switzerland

ART ULM art fair with Galerie Dr.Wilmsen

"Confrontations", Gallery Melchior, Kassel

"Black and White", Galerie Winter, Wiesbaden

Art Karlsruhe, Galerie Winter, Galerie Janzen

Salo de Maig, Galeria Anquins, Reus, Spain

Nature and Sculpture, Eschborn (prizewinner)

5th Swiss Sculpture Triennial in Bad Ragaz and Vaduz, Switzerland

Art Days Winningen

KOKU Rheinhessen



2011

ART FAIR Cologne

KUNST Zurich, Gallery Elfi Bohrer, Bonstetten, Switzerland

ART FAIR Cologne, Galerie Anquins and Galerie Winter

"BackGround KünstlerKinder", Herrenhof Mußbach

10 x 10 at Zehnthaus Jockrim

Salo de Maig, Galeria Anquins, Reus, Spain

Art Karlsruhe, Galerie Winter, Galerie Janzen

"20 years of Galerie Bohrer", Bonstetten near Zurich, Switzerland



2010

Salo de Maig, Galeria Anquins, Reus, Spain

KUNST Zurich, Gallery Elfi Bohrer, Bonstetten, Switzerland

ART Strasbourg, Galeria Anquins, Reus, France

Art Fair Düsseldorf, Gallery Janzen

Art Karlsruhe, Gallery Winter

ART Cologne, Galerie Hennemann

"Colour Blue" Gallery Winter, Wiesbaden

SCULPTURA 2010, Beckingen



2009

4th Swiss Sculpture Triennial in Bad Ragaz and Vaduz, Switzerland

Art Karlsruhe, Hennemann Gallery, Winter Gallery

ART COLOGNE, Gallery Hennemann

Gallery Winter, Wiesbaden

Car Park Düren



2008

ART Karlsruhe, Gallery Hennemann

JOS ART, Amsterdam, Netherlands

Galleria Kröger, Ascona, Switzerland

ART Cologne Cologne, Gallery Hennemann

Car Park Düren

State Garden Show Bingen



2007

ART Cologne Cologne, Gallery Hennemann

ART Karlsruhe, Hennemann Gallery

JOS ART, Amsterdam, Netherlands

Beddington Fine Art, Bargemon, France

Fine Art Cologne, Gallery Winter



2006

ART Karlsruhe, Gallery Hennemann

Piretti Art Gallery, Knokke le Zoute, Belgium

Liebau Gallery, Fulda-Burghaun

ART Cologne Cologne, Gallery Hennemann





2005

ART Frankfurt, Gallery Winter

ART Chicago, CHIAROSCURO Gallery, USA

Gallery Moderne, Bad Zwischenahn

ART Cologne Cologne, Gallery Hennemann



2004

"Köpfe" Gallery Winter, Wiesbaden

AAF Contemporary Art Fair New York, CHIAROSCURO Gallery, USA

ART Cologne Cologne, Hennemann Gallery





2003

"Horizons" Art and Diaconia, Bad Säckingen

Zurich Art Fair, Gallery for Contemporary Art, Switzerland

Gallery Resy Muijsers, Tilburg, Netherlands

ART Cologne Cologne, Gallery Hennemann



2002

E-Werk Halls for Art, Freiburg

ART Frankfurt, Gallery Hennemann

ART Vienna, Gallery Hrobsky, Austria

ART Cologne Cologne, Gallery Hennemann



2001

RAI Art Fair, Amsterdam, Gallery Resy Muijsers, Netherlands

ART Cologne Cologne, Gallery Hennemann



2000

RAI Art Fair, Amsterdam, Gallery Resy Muijsers, Netherlands

Institute for Lippe Regional Art, Schwalenberg

Gallery Meißner, Hamburg

ART Cologne Cologne, Gallery Hennemann



1999

RAI Art Fair, Amsterdam, Gallery Resy Muijsers, Netherlands

ART Cologne Cologne, Gallery Hennemann



1998

"Gefäße" Gallery Moderne, Bad Zwischenahn

Carolinensaal Pirmasens

Gallery Resy Muijsers, Tilburg, Netherlands

ART Cologne Cologne, Gallery Hennemann



1997

"Horizons" Art and Diaconia, Bad Säckingen

Museum for Sepulchral Culture, Kassel

Kunstverein Ludwigshafen

Landeszentralbank Mainz

Kunst Wien 97, Gallery for Contemporary Art, Austria

ART Cologne Cologne, Gallery Hennemann





1996

ART 96 Strasbourg, Gallery Regio, France

Ceramics Museum Westerwald, Neuwied

"Das Haus" Gallery Moderne, Bad Zwischenahn

ART Cologne Cologne, Gallery Hennemann



1995

"Other Places" Wuppertal

Bergische Art Exhibition, Solingen

ART Cologne Cologne, Hennemann Gallery



1994

Kluvin Galleria, Helsinki, Finland

Authors' Gallery Munich





ART IN BUILDING COLLECTIONS



Böbingen School of Art

Fountain installation Salinenbad in the Salinental Bad Kreuznach

RITTER Museum, Waldenbuch

ARTOTHEK of the City of Oldenburg

Ministry of Culture Mainz

Main-Taunus Clinics Bad Soden

State Central Bank Mainz

Cruise ship MS Europa 2 from Hapag Lloyd

HERAEUS Hanau

Museum for Sepulchral Culture, Kassel

Sculpture Park Niederhöchstadt, Eschborn

HILTI Liechtenstein

CHIAROSCURO Sculpturegarden

Santa Fe NM

GENZYME corp. Boston M

Collection Villa Burgeff Hochheim

Church of St Barbara Recklinghausen

Landau tax office

Stone sculpture park Bad Münster am Stein

Nahetal Golf Club Bad Münster am Stein

Bad Münster am Stein spa gardens

Traffic roundabout Bad Münster am Stein

Bad Kreuznach Castle Park Museum

Bad Kreuznach town centre

Deaconry workshops Bad Sobernheim

Church of St Martin Biebelsheim

Stipshausen sculpture trail

ORGELMUSEUM Windesheim

Rohrbach Prison

KOGAG Solingen

Gemünden company Ingelheim

Sculpture park of the Incontro Gallery, Eitorf

Paulinenstift Nastätten

Sculpture Trail Rhineland-Palatinate, Pirmasens

Barmer Anlagen, Wuppertal