St. Mechthild

Unveiling the Maltese Monastery of St. Mechthild: Markus Glaser statue of St. Mechtild

 [NOTE Google Translation from German - servable]

Editorial    

23.06.2010

 

The garden of Malta pin in St. Mechthild Eutritzsch has a new focus. On the occasion of the Summer Festival on Saturday, 19 June revealed the Leipzig Graduate sculptor Markus glasses his work: a statue of St. Mechthild.

Donated the sculpture from the "Friends of Catholic nursing home Leipzig eV", which is committed for years under the chairmanship of Dr. Clemens Nartschik the development of Malta's monastery was accompanied and supported.
Dance easily figure Mechthild strives upward - as if she wanted to follow in their flight of the nightingale, which she holds in her hands. The statue of St. Mechthild of Hackeborn radiates energy and vitality. Barefoot balancing on one leg and singing seems to be the Holy of the 13th Century mystic less than shown because as the world faces an artist. 
For Dr. Clement Nartschik is this sculpture of the core of mystical vision of God represented accurately: "From the depths of contemplation grows a great joy, which leads from the inner life into the world again. The statue is an appeal, nature and the world with all five senses to experience! " 
Albrecht Graf Adelmann, manager of the operating carrier Maltese Tradition transferred, this interpretation of life in Malta Pen: The put on the figure to express joy of life should be the basis of daily interaction in Malta Convent St. Mechthild. The artist Markus Glasses hosted in his opening words to the unveiling of the figure, a user to enter, the work of art with all senses - not only by viewing but also by touch.

Sculptor Markus Glasses with the statue of Saint Mechthild.

Photo: St. Mechthild Malterserstift

In a bold and energetic lines, it represented the mystic, like a link between heavenly and earthly.Different sculptural elements at different levels of observation underscores this. At the feet of Mechthild to find books, an owl and a raven, which refer to the visual characteristics of their mystical knowledge transfer: the conservation of their sisters in writing down their visions in the Liber specialis gratiae, and the light and dark aspects of mystical vision. Owl and Raven show as birds of the night, of wisdom and mystery, this allegorical.
Mark Glass was born in 1960 in Leipzig, studied from 1981 to 1987 sculpture / sculpture at the School of Industrial Design in Halle Giebichenstein with Prof. Bernd Göbel and since 1988 as a freelance sculptor in Leipzig. In addition to working in bronze, cast stone, stone, wood and ceramics, he is also responsible for numerous restoration works in museums, churches and castles of the region.
From his workshop of the Cross are in Holy Trinity in Grimsby, the Elizabeth character in the grounds of the Elizabeth Hospital in Leipzig, the Christ figure in the village and the St. Nicholas Ball column in Leipzig before the Nikolai Church.He was involved in restoration work of the epitaphs Paul's Church in Leipzig, the Royal Palace and the Zwinger.
 www.malteserstift-leipzig.de