Kubach & Kropp

Livia Kubach (* 1966 in Bad Münster am Stein ) and Michael Kropp (* 1960 in Cologne ) are a German sculptor couple. They live and work together in Bad Münster am Stein.

life and work

Livia Kubach, daughter of the sculptor couple Kubach-Wilmsen , who are known for their book sculptures , studied at the Düsseldorf Art Academy with Tony Cragg and in 1995 became a master student of Günther Uecker . Her husband Michael Kropp studied education in Cologne, is a musician and autodidact as a sculptor and "highly talented practitioner." Kubach & Kropp dedicate themselves to stone as their main material, especially gabro and granite from different regions of the world. Instead of material and mass, in addition to surface structures and color, emptiness, light and shadow are increasingly becoming defining design elements. Different types of stone are combined, different parts are connected to each other by drilling cores. The stone sculptures live from light: the change of position of the observer or the light source permanently changes the works.

Exhibitions (selection)

• 1992: Gallery Annelie Brusten, Wuppertal
• 1997: Galerie Promotion des Arts Contemporains, Gesves , Belgium
• 1999: Castle Park Museum and Roman Hall, Bad Kreuznach
• 2004: Organ ART Museum, Windesheim
• 2008: Märkisches Museum , Witten

Works in public collections

• Bad Kreuznach , Castle Park Museum
• Bad Münster am Stein , stone sculpture park
• Biebelsheim , St. Martin Church
• Eschborn - Niedereschbach , sculpture park, stone of light
• Oldenburg , Artothek of the city of Oldenburg
• Pirmasens , Sculpture Path Rhineland-Palatinate
• Recklinghausen , St. Barbara Church
• Santa Fe ( New Mexico , USA), Chiaroscuro Sculpture Garden
• Waldenbuch , Museum Ritter
• Windesheim , Organ ART Museum

bibliography

• Kubach & Kropp - stone sculptures. Exhibition cat. The Regio Gallery, Freiburg, 1998
• Kubach & Kropp - stones for silence. Exhibition cat. The Hennemann Gallery, Bonn, 2002
• Kubach & Kropp - stone sculptures. Exhibition cat. The Winter Gallery, Wiesbaden, 2005
• Kubach & Kropp - sculptures in stone. Edited by Wolfgang Zemter. Witten, 2009

Web links

• Website of the artist couple

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Dr. Wolfgang Zemter, in: Kubach & Kropp - Sculptures in Stone . Exhibition cat. of the Märkisches Museum Witten, 2009, p. 104