“Between Heaven and Earth : Small Sculptures of Our Lady” will run Wed., Feb. 1, thru Sun., April 15, on the seventh floor of Roesch Library. Hours are 8:30 a.m. To 4:30 p.m. Monday thru Fri. and Sat. and Sun. by appointment by calling 937-229-4214.
Trauth will be on hand for an artist’s reception in the studio seven p.m. Thursday, February 16. The exhibit and reception are free and open to the public.
“There exists a definite contrast between Trauth’s sculptures and her two-dimensional art,” announced the Rev. Johann Roten, S.M, Marian Library director of analysis and special projects. “The paintings are of strongly figurative nature conveying the peaceful beauty of children and nature. Her sculptures show a marked expressionist inclination.
“Reminiscent of some of the famous German artists of the mid-twentieth century, for example Kaethe Kollwitz, her tiny sculptures illustrate how much human beings find themselves torn between heaven and earth, between the dynamism of the spirit and the gravity of worldly realities.”
The exhibit features ten little sculptures and fifteen acrylics and watercolors, many featuring youngsters and the landscape around Medjugorje, Bosnia-Herzegovina, where Mary allegedly seemed to youngsters in 1981.
Born in Cincinnati, Trauth graduated from Edgecliff Varsity with a degree in fine arts with a concentration in sculpting. She worked as an illustrator for Gibson Greeting Cards Incorporated, Shillito’s dep store and the Cincinnati Post and Cincinnati Enquirer papers.
University of Dayton’s Marian Library / International Marian Research Institute is a globally recognised center for the study of Mary, the mother of Jesus, and holds the planet’s biggest collection of published materials and artifacts dedicated to her. The collection includes more than 100,000 books and pamphlets in more than fifty languages, and an enormous collection of just about 3,000 Nativity sets and Marian art from across the world, writes tagza.com.
