Bruno Walpoth

Bruno Walpoth

ESCULTURAS

Bruno Walpoth / Strange Sensations

Bruno Walpoth 

Strange Sensations

Bruno Walpoth is represented by numerous galleries in Europe and Asia and has participated in solo and group exhibitions around the world. Born in 1959, in Bressanone, Italy, schooled in Ortisei, where he now lives, in a 350-year-old house formerly belonging to his parents. Walpoth grew up in a renowned woodcarving culture and has continued in the footsteps of his family members who themselves were master artisans. He writes: “In our valley there is a 400-year-old tradition of wood-sculpting culture. Both my grandfather and my uncle were wood sculptors, and so I grew up with this medium.” At age 14, Bruno began his apprenticeship in woodcarving, under the tutelage of Vincenzo Mussner, embracing the ancient woodcarving traditions of the region in the Dolomites famous for wooden statues and altars, as well as for the wooden peg dolls local craftsmen produce. He then attended the Munich Academy of Fine Arts, where he expanded the theoretical base of his work.

Bruno Walpoth / Human Figures

HUMAN FIGURES

Bruno Walpoth

BY Lisa Trockner 

Even as early as his years at the Academy, sculptor Bruno Walpoth sensed an inner desire for the figure, though he only gave in to this urge around 15 years ago when he committed himself to it entirely. The stringency, this adamant persistence - characterized by a repeated inner conflict over the course of the years - and coupled with its internalized form of expression, is of seminal importance for what the artist is currently creating in his studio. This is an independent form of art, developed and carried forward from tradition, one whose statements are firmly on the pulse of the times and contribute to expanding the borders of the figurative. This applies not only to Bruno Walpoth alone, but to some of his Grödner colleagues and artist friends as well. Artists whose successes achieved through their abilities, prowess, passion and perseverance speak for themselves today.