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Ernst Degasperi (left) Meets Cardinal Gray Of St Andrews And
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Artist's aim is unity
CARDINAL GRAY, Archbishop of St Andrews and Edinburgh, is patron of an ex hibition of the drawings of Ernst Degasperi simultaneously open ing in Edinburgh's Presbyterian Canongate Kirk and Episcopalian Cathedral.
Mr Degasperi, a Viennese Catholic, has recently returned
from Israel where he presented the nation with a four and a half ton embossed concrete carving representing the 12 Apostles and the 12 Tribes of Israel.
Thisand the exhibition in Edinburgh — his first in
Scotland but tenth in Britain to date -are both an expression of his concern for unity among Christians and among peoples.
During his stay in Israel, which he has visited on many occasions and which has in spired several of his cycles of drawings on the Old Testament, Mr Degasperi said he received a lot of publicity for asking the Government not to retaliate for Arab guerrilla attacks.
Mr Degasperi was an industrial designer until ten years ago, when he became intrigued with the tortured shape of tree roots and saw them as representing the struggle of the forces of good and evil.
Using them as his basic theme he became an artist and has since decorated many Austrian churches and given exhibitions all over Europe.
Exhibitions of his work in England have been held simultaneously in Anglican and Catholic Cathedrals and churches in London and Liver pool, and later this year a showing is being planned at Sussex University.
The Edinburgh exhibition, opening on August 23, includes his latest series of drawings, "Confrontation '75", which expresses his thoughts as a religious artist on the quality of life and social questions, involving scenes from the Gospels.
His drawings are either in black and white or can involve several colours, including gold and silver. He has recently begun working in concrete, and his work is now much in demand in this medium.
Before Edinburgh, his last exhibition was, fittingly enough, at the Schottenabtei (Scottish Monastery) in Vienna.
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