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Article: Rolf Julius at Rosa Esman. (New York, New York)
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- Art in America
- Article date:
- April 1, 1993
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Rolf Julius's works--sound sculptures, I suppose one should call them--are an intriguing blend of roughness and delicacy. Slabs of steel, dirt, wire, handmade paper, water and mirrors make their appearance in various pieces. The common element is that all of the sculptures are wired for sound with tiny Walkman speakers, and the wiring is left visible. Sometimes, as in Paper, a speaker mounted on a wall and covered with a rectangular piece of paper, the wire trails elegantly down to the floor like a line of calligraphy. Elsewhere, as in Swimming--Wind from China, where four white-painted speakers float on water in porcelain bowls, the wire is left to sprawl awkwardly ...