Ralf Ehmann
Ralf Ehmann studied sculpture and painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Stuttgart from 1989 to 1996. Since then, he has also been involved in all these aspects: as a painter and printmaker, he knows how to express himself as well as a sculptor or modeller.
Ehmann often thinks in cycles; in ever new variations, he explores subjects that fascinate him. Hölderlin and Mörike were such subjects, so was the singer Victor Jara who was murdered by the Chilean military. Ehmann also illustrated literature or commented drawings of classics such as Schiller's Robbers.
Here, as in his sculptural work, he is a master of suggestion, of the little notes and the presentation of the brief moments. Yet his art can be described as 'idea art'; it wants to convey a familiar and simple understandable visual language. Ehmann's sculptural work revolves around the human theme, which he is able to display in all its vulnerable forms when he creates them out of raw granite.
Exhibitions (selection):
1996 Theaterhaus – Stuttgart
1996 Galerie X – Reutlingen
1997 Galerie in der Psy. Klinik – Tübingen
1998 Landestheater – Tübingen
1999 Museum der Stadt Lauffen – Lauffen
2000 Skulptur Eugen Bolz – Denkmal Rottenburg
2000 Skulpturenweg – Buchet
2002 Rathaus – Mössingen
2002 Stadtmuseum – Nürtingen
2002 Skulpturen im Schlosshof – Tübingen
2004 Theater Lindenhof – Melchingen
2004 Galerie forum – Trillfingen
2004 Stadthalle – Blaubeuren
2004 Mörike-Museum – Cleversulzbach
2004 Stadtmuseum – Nürtingen
2004 Kulturforum – Bad Mergentheim
2005 Galerie Temporär – Calw
2007 Studiengalerie – Ludwigsburg
2008 Kulturhalle Tübingen Labyrinthos Mörike – Museum Cleversulzbach
2009 Skulpturen Klosterhof Maria Berg
2009 Maison d’Art Bourgogne du Sud et Jardin de Sculptures, Marcigny, France
2010 Landschaftspark Rechberghausen
2010 Galerie Pupille – Reutlingen
2010 Landratsamt Glashalle – Tübingen
2012 Galerie Sculptur – Bamberg