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Hi David! and everybody else too! 
The opening was really nice, it was one of those perfect evenings where it stays light until almost 10PM. There were a lot of people there, I did most of the pics when they were all in another room listening to speeches.
The pieces in the show - of which I was only able to get decent pics of a few - come from several museum collections including the Blade Museum in Solingen and the permanent collection of the Museum of Art & Crafts. Some early works are still Jurgen's and quite a few were from private collections. You may know several of the collectors, some of whom were also there. I hesitate to mention names on a public forum.
The other 3 artists in the show also had really interesting things. I did some pics of everything but again, I hesitate to publish those pics here without their permission. Of course I asked Jürgen last night if posting his pics here was OK.
Most of Jürgen's "knives" are labeled "knifeobject" and are not even sharpened. They are not created to be used as cutting tools. Nothing wrong with making cuting tools - I do it every day! - but that's not what his stuff is about. Which again, isn't meant to denigrate anybody else's knives or whatever. It's not a value judgement, just a statment of fact. Other folks do other stuff, which is all good.
For Art People his pieces represent a problem because the resist categorization and obviously some Knife People cant't peg his stuff either. That's one of the things that make it interesting.
I'd say the show represented quite a few years of his total output over many years. The real early pieces are quite different from the later ones.
The presentation in the exhibition is excellent and as the saying goes, A Good Time was had by All! The show is up until the 4th of September, so there's still time to drop in and see for yourselves.
The opening was really nice, it was one of those perfect evenings where it stays light until almost 10PM. There were a lot of people there, I did most of the pics when they were all in another room listening to speeches.
The pieces in the show - of which I was only able to get decent pics of a few - come from several museum collections including the Blade Museum in Solingen and the permanent collection of the Museum of Art & Crafts. Some early works are still Jurgen's and quite a few were from private collections. You may know several of the collectors, some of whom were also there. I hesitate to mention names on a public forum.
The other 3 artists in the show also had really interesting things. I did some pics of everything but again, I hesitate to publish those pics here without their permission. Of course I asked Jürgen last night if posting his pics here was OK.
Most of Jürgen's "knives" are labeled "knifeobject" and are not even sharpened. They are not created to be used as cutting tools. Nothing wrong with making cuting tools - I do it every day! - but that's not what his stuff is about. Which again, isn't meant to denigrate anybody else's knives or whatever. It's not a value judgement, just a statment of fact. Other folks do other stuff, which is all good.
For Art People his pieces represent a problem because the resist categorization and obviously some Knife People cant't peg his stuff either. That's one of the things that make it interesting.
I'd say the show represented quite a few years of his total output over many years. The real early pieces are quite different from the later ones.
The presentation in the exhibition is excellent and as the saying goes, A Good Time was had by All! The show is up until the 4th of September, so there's still time to drop in and see for yourselves.
