Expressing truth and beauty in welded form
art work by Marianne Kantert
Cross |
People of God |
 John the Baptist |
Sculptress
Marianne Kantert is a full-time sculptress and painter. As an accomplished
artist she has done several exhibitions in Germany, South Africa, USA,
and more recently in London (UK), and Beirut (Lebanon). She studied fine
arts at the Art Academy in Dusseldorf, Germany and the Academy of Fine
Arts in Pretoria, South Africa. She has also worked as an artist in South
Carolina, USA for 3 and one-half years. Marianne and her husband Klemens
and their three daughters are members of Brot des Lebens (Bread of Life),
a community of The Sword of the Sprit, located in Olching, Germany.
Finding creative ways to express
eternal truths
Marianne works mainly with welding rods and sheet metal using oxyacetylene
welding. She also loves to work in stone. Her object is nearly always a
human being. She wants to find expressions of our essence and the
complex system of our nature in relationship to our creator. Her wish is
to find ways to express deep and eternal truths and build a bridge for
the viewer to walk on.
"girl crouching" |
Marianne comments on her work "girl
crouching"
"I am amazed that God has given such dignity to man and woman. I am in awe when I meditate on God and his wonderful work of creation. I see a girl sitting, peaceful, listening. Psalm 8 says it so beautifully: O Lord, our Lord, your greatness is seen in all the world. ..What is man that you think of him; mere man, that you care for him? Yet you made him inferior only to yourself; you crowned him with glory and honor. ..O Lord, our Lord, your greatness is seen in all the world!" |
To view more of Marianne's work, visit her website at: http://www.marianne-kantert.de/