The visual artist Anne Muller will host the second conference of the University for All of Puy-en-Velay, Thursday, around Philippe and Dominique Kaeppelin.
“Everyone in Puy-en-Velay knows the names of Philippe and Dominique Kaeppelin. They are often confused because, from father to son, they practiced the profession of sculptor and their hometown preserves in its churches and on its facades many beautiful works that have become familiar. Sculpture, a rare and difficult profession that they both put at the service of the sacred art to which they devoted their lives, thus being part of the local cultural and artistic tradition anchored for centuries in the Christian faith. recalls the team from the University for All of Puy-en-Velay.
And to continue: “The quality of their work, very quickly recognized, was supported by numerous orders which allowed them to shine well beyond the borders of Velay, in France and abroad. But, in our time, sacred art is a poorly known, often discredited field of creation, requiring from the artist an unfailing commitment in the service of an increasingly misunderstood cause. »
A question arises, for the University for All of Le Puy: “Beyond appearances and reductive ideas, who were Philippe and Dominique Kaeppelin? What was their art made of, including in its secular dimension, and can we define a Kaeppelin style? And above all – because it is always difficult for a son to follow in his father’s footsteps – what was the specificity of both? »
Thursday, Anne Muller, visual artist “who knew them both well, will try to answer all these questions by providing her testimony as a friend, artist and art historian to shed light with a sensitive perspective the different facets of the work of the father and son”.
Practical. The Ciné Dyke theater is open from 2:15 p.m. on Thursday.
