Adrian DeDea
The artist and the stele with the title "The Blue Bird" (2021) Photo: Karl-Heinz Stadtler
He is a painter, lives in Germany and was born in Romania. His paintings create abstract works on a realistic base material. For the exhibition in the Vöhl Synagogue, he has created a massive stele entitled ‘The Blue Bird’. The pillar is white and light blue, as if printed with a photo of ocean waves lapping on the beach. All four sides show a stylised Hanukkah candlestick, the symbol of the Jewish festival of lights. The stele is illuminated, so light penetrates through the candlesticks from the inside; it shines. A blue bird rises into the sky from a tangle of wire at the top of the stele. For the artist, the bird represents understanding and love for one another. It rises out of the light and the barbed wire - symbolising the hard fate of the Jewish people (Translated with DeepL.com).
Photo: Berthold Herberz
Photo: Berthold Herberz
Photo: Ulrich Müller
Photo: Ulrich Müller