vis-à-vis
Heide Weidele created vis-à-vis as part of the art project Blickwechsel, which was initiated by the Kultursekretariat NRW Gütersloh. The artist was tasked with changing the appearance of a seemingly familiar environment through small public interventions.
Weidele focused on an inconspicuous wall across from the kleine Marienkirche Stiftsruine. Even people from Lippstadt are unlikely to know that it was the western wall of the synagogue that was burned down during Kristallnacht on November 9, 1938.
The artist painted a large section of the wall with white paint, leaving the outline of a menorah and an almond blossom. Weidele’s work reminds us that this rather desolate place was once a festive, spiritual location.
Text from WA.de, 17.9.2010
Heide Weidele
1944
geboren; lebt seit 1971 in Frankfurt am Main.
1961–1974
Buchhändlerin.
1974–1981
Hochschule für Gestaltung, Offenbach am Main.
1979–1982
Staatliche Hochschule für Bildende Künste – Städelschule – Frankfurt am Main.
seit 1989
verschiedene Lehraufträge.
1995–1996
Gastprofessur Johannes Gutenberg-Universität, Mainz.
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Images:
Photos © Carsten Gliese
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Location
Lippstadt
Lippstadt, Stiftsstraße 8
Lippstadt, Stiftsstraße 8
Artist
Heide Weidele
Year
2010
Size
Image area: approx. 500 x 320 cm; both images: 450 x W 300 cm
Material
White exterior paint on old plaster
Object type
Wall installations
