Kirjahaku

Two dimensional Christianity can't depart from the black and white of the written word of the Bible and into the functional reality of its truths. It lays dormant in the story, being infatuated by its tale or enamored by its beauty but never grasping its direction to be that which its life's conveyance depicts. It stays flat, without color, no power, and refuses to believe there is more to it than believing a truth only for the inner person. Two dimensional Christianity never sees three dimensional realities because it never moves to the place of action which causes one to touch, feel, experience, and engage. It is only for the future, in the by-and-by, but never for the here-and-now. Every Christian was made to operate in the fourth dimension of spiritual power and life. All too often most never realize the world that is available to them.

Bricks, one of the earliest materials associated with both housing and the body, are the subject and object of this publication. In terms of human agency, bricks are the basic unit through which the artist introduces his designs in the landscape. Kaufmann uses this simple, yet tough, material to build up an imaginative world that is not linked solely to the bricks as such, but also to the symbolic charge they possess (the concept of transparency, physical and metaphorical walls, and their associated imaginative world). A total of ten works will be exhibited and Kaufmann himself presents each in the book. The introduction is edited by Anne-Claire Schumacher, who discusses Kaufmann's development and his place in the history of ceramic art and in contemporary art as a whole. This is followed by a contribution by Luca Pattaroni, who views the topic from a socio-political perspective. The five main works set in the park of the Ariana Museum and the continuation into the museum's basement are described and commented by the artist. Text in English and French.