Christina Doll: Engel & Bergmann on the Purple Path (Zwickau)
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The angel and miner figurines are at the heart of Erzgebirge culture. Traditionally, families carved (or later bought) an angel for the birth of a daughter and a miner for the birth of a son. The Berlin-based sculptor Christina Doll created the sculptural pair ENGEL+ BERGMANN in a contemporary form. Her model for the angel was an actress with Down's syndrome, for the figure of the miner she used the insignia of a bismuth and coal miner.
Christina Doll's work expresses the strength of the Erzgebirge identity, its rich tradition and its positive attitude to life. Human dignity is a central motif in her sculptural work. With Doll's "Angel and Miner", the Purple Path touches on various cultural, socio-political and spiritual contexts. The first pair of figures - cast in the traditional Dresden foundry Gebe.Ihle - were presented to the future Anna + Sascha e.V. inclusion hotel in Annaberg-Buchholz in the presence of the Saxon State Minister for Culture and Tourism, Barbara Klepsch.
Since the 12th century, St Mary's Cathedral has been home to Christian-inspired art by such important artists as Peter Breuer and Michael Wohlgemuth. Trade and mining made this possible. Figures were added to the buttresses at the end of the 19th century and tell of the early introduction of the Reformation in Zwickau. Coal mining from the 19th century onwards has left its mark on the late Gothic hall church. It has sunk and shifted. The narrative of the programme of figures, already well decorated inside and out, is continued with angels and miners in a contemporary style.
The vernissage begins at 9.30 am.
