Exeter art wins international prize

Shortlisted from 105 entries, an artwork developed for an exhibition at RAMM has won an international linocut prize.

Exeter-based artist Volkhardt Müller adapted 12 little plastic TVs with musical clockwork to play finely carved miniature lino cuts on a perpetual roll for the Witness Box display in the exhibition, Any High Street. More of Volkhardt’s work can be seen in the current display at RAMM by Devon-based artist collective Blind Ditch: This City’s Centre.

Volkhardt is thrilled that the 12 scenes of contemporary Exeter have gained international recognition “I was particularly pleased to see how this very British inspired work has translated so well to a high calibre jury abroad. To be specific about the place I take as inspiration, but also to transcend the locale was my mantra when I developed this work.”

The work won a third prize in the Linocut Today competition “To begin with the Jury were simply convinced by the extraordinarily skilfully executed miniature linocuts”, says gallery director Dr. Schenk-Weininger. “It was when they set the clockworks in motion that they recognized the sound overall concept behind these objects and its innovative presentation”.

The first and second prizes went to Dutch artist Cees Andriessen and Düsseldorf artist Wolfgang Pilz respectively.

Lino Cut Today can be seen at Galerie der Stadt Bietigheim Bissingen, Germany until 6 October 2013.