"The language of stones"

"Stones are silent teachers", wrote Goethe - and sought a deeper meaning in their speechlessness. The exhibition "On the Language of Stones" at Villa Bengel takes up this idea and shows how art can give voice, expression and poetry to stone. On display are 15 works acquired from an estate by the internationally renowned gemstone artist Bernd Munsteiner (1943-2024), his son Tom and young son Philipp Munsteiner, father and son Werner and Dieter Lorenz, the sculptor couples Kubach-Wilmsen, Kubach-Kropp and Vitalis Kubach as well as Milena Naef. From the Campus Gemstone and Jewelry are represented: Erik Lijzenga, Olga Krysanova, Vanessa Zöller and Maryam Akbarpour. A book tower by Kubach-Wilmsens will be on permanent loan in the garden of Villa Bengel.