WDR west.art Meisterwerke
über David Rabinowitchs "Tyndale Sculpture" in Situation Kunst Bochum. WDR, 2007. 4 Min. (Autorin: Claudia Kuhland). Im Videoarchiv von Situation Kunst

Tyndale-Sculpture (for Bud Powell and Coleman Hawkins), 1986/87/88
Walls: exposed concrete, plaster stone and stucco with Sgraffito-elements. Ceiling: red maple wood and white beech-wood. Floor: Kleinwenden- granite. Door: pine-tree, massive. Wall penetrations: glass, sandblasted on one side lead-covered reveals.
Height: approx. 6 meters.
External measures: 12.20 x 8.20 meters.
Internal measures: 11 x 7 meters.

"The depictive portrayal of the world leads to a distortion of history and arts. As a result we cannot perceive the things as they are. Instead of acquiring knowledge we go through second-hand learning."
David Rabinowitch
Born 1943 in Toronto.
Many-faceted oeuvre, complex and open visual proportions are characteristic of his sculptures and drawings.
In 1971 he studied Romanesque churches during a trip to Europe.
Since 1984 he has been a professor at the Academy of Fine Arts in Düsseldorf.
Participated at the Documenta 1977, 1982, 1987 and at Skulptur, in Münster, Germany in 1977.
1998 worked on the interior of the cathedral in Digne, France.
Lives and works in New York.