Exhibition FREE FOR ART

In memory of the artist Franz Stähler, who passed away in 2018, international, renowned artists and young, up-and-coming artists from South Tyrol are organising the exhibition FREE FOR ART.

"You can't learn art. At least not everything about it. The most valuable and important things about it can only be realised if you don't take your head too seriously. There are some things that lie beyond language and intellect."

(Franz Stähler)

"Sculptures as a never-ending invitation for our eyes to look and learn to see".

What would happen if the world really emerged free, new and innocent before our eyes? What would happen to our suffering? Is it perhaps only in our imagination that there is always something to understand, to change, to pursue?

An important aspect of Stähler's art was simplicity, a prudent choice of materials and resources, giving new life through art to discarded and rejected pieces, preserving and honouring the old. Stähler called them "gifts to the earth."

Franz Stähler, the sculptor born in Germany in 1956, already enjoyed a great reputation during his lifetime, especially in southern Europe. His works were shown at exhibitions in China, Paris, Basel, Bologna, Monaco, Cannes, Frankfurt and Turin, among others. Today, his works are part of private and public collections in Europe, Asia and the USA.

Young Artist:
Josef Khuen, Lorenz Hofer, Clara Mayr, Lukas Mayr, Laura Pan, Elias Perkmann, Carl Pfeil, Fabrizio Senoner, Ariel Trettel.

Artists:

Anna Giorolomini, Paolo Marcolongo, Sandro Lorenzini, Patrizia Garavini, Rob & Helena Rowland, Paul & June Stapleton, Karl Manfred Rennerzt, Marjorie Gaggino, Mirta Moriggi, Caterina Arcadi, Michele Kleijnen, Ana & Oscar Hillar, Anna Maria Matola, Maria Amos, Christoph Gabrieli, Siegmund Geiser, Ivan Lardschneider, Alois Steger.