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From Action and Language
Sculptures by Bernd Lohaus
Dieter Schwarz
Bernd Lohaus, born in Düsseldorf in 1940, lived and worked in Antwerp from 1966 until his death in 2010. His oeuvre unites the sculptural tradition with contemporary artistic practices, with material action, and with the inclusion of language. From
the start of his career, Lohaus was interested in a fundamental exploration of material, especially the used wooden beams he found on the banks of the Schelde River. The beams carried the aura of the sea, of trade and of faraway places. They recalled
the movement of water and the …