The Exhibit Features Ten Tiny Sculptures And Fifteen Acrylics And Watercolors, Many Featuring Kids And The Landscape Around Medjugorje, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Where Mary Allegedly Appeared To Kids In 1981.
“Between Heaven and Earth : Little Sculptures of Our Lady” will run Wednesday, Feb. 1, through Sunday, April 15, on the 7th floor of Roesch Library. Hours are 8:30 a.m. To 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday and Saturday and Sunday by appointment by calling 937-229-4214.
Trauth will be on hand for an artist’s reception in the gallery 7 p.m. Thursday, February 16. The exhibit and reception are free and open to the general public.
“There exists a definite contrast between Trauth’s sculptures and her 2-D art,” said the Rev. Johann Roten, S.M, Marian Library director of study and special projects. “The paintings are of strongly figurative nature conveying the peaceful wonder of kids and nature. Her sculptures show a marked expressionist disposition.
“Reminiscent of some of the famous German artists of the mid-twentieth century,eg Kaethe Kollwitz, her little sculptures illustrate how much human beings find themselves torn between heaven and earth, between the dynamism of the spirit and the gravity of worldly realities.”
The exhibit features ten tiny sculptures and 15 acrylics and watercolors, many featuring children and the landscape around Medjugorje, Bosnia-Herzegovina, where Mary reportedly seemed to children in 1981.
Born in Cincinnati, Trauth graduated from Edgecliff Varsity with a degree in fine arts with a concentration in sculpting. She worked as an illustrator for Gibson Greetings Cards Incorporated, Shillito’s dep store and the Cincinnati Post and Cincinnati Enquirer papers.
University of Dayton’s Marian Library / International Marian Research Institute is a globally recognized center for the principles of Mary, the mum of Jesus, and holds the planet’s largest collection of revealed materials and artifacts dedicated to her. The collection includes more than 100,000 books and pamphlets in more than 50 languages, and a massive collection of almost 3,000 Nativity sets and Marian art from across the world, writes tagza.com.
Posted: February 9th, 2012 under Travel and Leisure.