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Swiss sculptor Christian Bolt offers a fresh answer to the age-old question: what is beauty? | Creative Boom

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The artist's latest exhibition in Lucerne showcases both philosophical insight and innovative technique. WRITTEN BY: TOM MAY 30 OCTOBER 2023 What is beauty? It's an age-old question, both for the artist and everyday people in general. Across a thousand years of debate, the best reply to date has probably been "Beauty is in the eye of the beholder"; words widely credited to Margaret Wolfe Hungerford in her 1878 novel The Duchess. But while insightful, that phrase has never felt entirely satisfying. Answers to the great questions in life, though, don't always come in the form of words. Sometimes, art can provide a fresh way to look at things. Case in point: Christian Bolt's latest exhibition, On Human Beauty, at Impulse Gallery in Lucerne, Switzerland. Photography by Pawel Streit and © Impulse Gallery Photography by Pawel Streit and © Impulse Gallery Photography by Pawel Streit and © Impulse Gallery Photography by Pawel Streit and © Impulse Gallery I was kindly invited to its preview in

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