Ursula von Rydingsvard's (b. 1942, Deensen, Germany) renowned wooden sculptures are at once constructed and organic, monumental and humble, formal and expressive. Her personal history draws von Rydingsvard to modest materials in her artistic practice—her family's long lineage of farmers; her woodcutter father, who was subjected to forced labor under Nazi rule; her early years in postwar refugee camps throughout Germany.
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