Gerhard Rühm: A life between poetry and social responsibility!

Gerhard Rühm: A life between poetry and social responsibility!

Gerhard Rühm, the important Austrian artist and the last survivor of the renowned Viennese group, soon celebrates his 95th birthday, while he promotes his comprehensive creative projects. In an interview with the Kleine Zeitung expressed that he was pleasant despite his old age and with various book publications and a upcoming big one Exhibition is employed in Graz. This comprehensive exhibition will present his visual work, which have been in preparation for a long time, and he also plans a number of lectures.

creativity and challenges in old age

Rühm, which is known to combine texts and music, will continue to be associated with the Vienna Group, which has become more important internationally in recent decades. He emphasized that art is still an expression of mental processes that become visible in the sound and in movement. Regarding the development of contemporary poetry, he noticed that there was hardly an art form that is operated so inflationarily, and said that many trivial ones produced, but there were always talented authors.

On the artistic perspectives of the post-war savantgarden, which are shaped by Dieter Schnebel, Rühm's creative work also leads a dialogue about the connection between language and musical forms of expression, as described on the platform of the University . At a time when the world situation appears pessimistic, Rühm also sees positive approaches in cooperation with younger artists in order to continue to develop new forms of artistic expression. His work remains a significant contribution to the cultural discourse, indicating both the challenges and the opportunities that exist in both art and society.