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Lothar Böttcher

South Africa

Sculpture, Stone on Stone

Size: 7 W x 19 H x 9 D in

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Rocks and stones have featured in many works, playing structural roles and developed as a metaphor. Rocks are Earth. They make up the upper crust on which we and everything else lives. Rocks form the border between heaven and the underworld. Rocks are old. They predate life, originating during the violent birth of our solar system. They are physical lumps of history. These sandstone rocks I use are not just any rocks. They are from my area, mostly from where I live on the outskirts of Pretoria, all from the Magaliesberg mountain range, which is part of the larger Bushveld Igneous Complex. The Magaliesberg is one of the oldest mountain ranges with its formation dating back 3 billion years. The area has been occupied by our ancestors for over 2 million years with fossils of pre-humans found in and around the Cradle of Human Kind. The rocks I use for my sculptures are sedimentary sandstone. A few kilometers west the rocks are more compacted with harder sandstones than the ones here on our koppie. Working with this ancient material has opened new avenues of thought: Sandstone turns to sand over time and through natural erosion. Sand is silica. Silica is the basis of glass. I work predominantly with and through glass - sandstone can be considered the origin of glass. Millions of years are contained in each rock. Millenia passed in which these rocks (passively) “saw” evolution and cataclysm filter strands of DNA before human feet walked amongst them. There is so much energy here!

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Multi-paneled Sculpture:Stone on Stone

Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork

Size:7 W x 19 H x 9 D in

Number of Pieces:2

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Since the Glass Art & Design department opened at the Tshwane University of Technology in 1994 Lothar has been instrumental in giving glass a “voice” as an expressive medium. In 2000 Lothar qualified as Glasschleifer (cold worker - cut, carve and polish of glass) at the Staatliche Glasfachschule Hadamar, Germany. Since 2001 his company, Obsidian Glass, offers high-quality design and craftsmanship of hand made glass products. In 2019 he concluded his Master Course parts I & II at the Glasfachschule Zwiesel, Germany. His sculptures and work are revered in South Africa and internationally in private and public collections. Lothar is represented in the Pretoria Art Museum, The Corning Museum of Glass (USA), Glasmuseum Frauenau (Germany), Glasmuseum Hadamar (Germany) and Glasmuseum Lette (Germany). Pocket Lens, a sculpture commenting on our digital lives, is part of the New Glass Now exhibition. This internationally acclaimed exhibition of selected contemporary glass works, celebrating the Corning Museum of Glass’ 40th anniversary of the New Glass Review publication, was recently shown at the Smithsonian Renwick Gallery, Washington DC. New Glass Now is currently part of the International Year of Glass festivities at the Toyama Glass Art Museum, Japan. Lothar has curated numerous glass exhibitions in South Africa. Most notably, the Blow Your Sculpture project, which has had several iterations over the years at the Pretoria Art Museum. He is currently curator for the United Nations International Year of Glass exhibition titled Fired Up! - Celebrating Southern African Glass Art, which will be held from the 3rd of September until 30 October 2022 at the Pretoria Art Museum. Website: lotharbottcher.com

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