&
the Interlux chair is in the Designbook
LOÖK “Arthouse” http://looek.at- Presentation 24. Nov. 2011 11amArsElectronicaCenterLinz. HatjeCantzVerlagZeitgenössischeKunstCass Sculpture
Foundation 2012: 20
Years of Commissioning Large Scale Sculpture
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modern arts, contemporary
art,design
Gmunden am Traunsee, Wächterwanderung, Barix, Esplanade 14, Schloss
Ort, Badewiese Esplanade, Atelier Fritz Knoll
Manfred Kielnhoferis an artistforthetwenty-firstcentury. Twenty-first century
light art sculpture “Time Guards” by Manfred Kielnhofer. Cass
Sculpture Foundation www.sculpture.org.uk (permanent
exhibition, outdoor)
Die Skulpturen wurden bereits ausgestellt
seit 2006:
Galerie Artpark, Linz bei Nacht /Sicht vom Pöstlingberg,
Leonding bei Linz / Pulverturm, Stift St.Florian
/ Marmor Saal, Salzstollen / Salzwelten Altaussee,
Schloss Schönbrunn Wien / Gloriette, Egon Schiele
Art Centrum CZ, Schloss CeskyKrumlov, Galerie Fontaine, Kunstgarten Graz,
Black Box Gallery Copenhagen / Linz, Schloss Steyregg, Galerie Claudiana
Innsbruck,
Figurative
sculpture installations take on new meaning within the context of location.
Art of the highest human form. Manfred Kielnhofer’s
sculptures accomplish this task. The transitory nature of the work remind
me of AntonyGormley’s
public sculptures, especially his “Another Place” series of a 200 craggy,
metal figures on the ocean beach.
But, the Austrian artist’s work conjure up a more
ethereal, mystical quality. They’re shrouded in mystery calling out their
ancestors and their progeny. When the viewer looks from particular angles,
they become diaphanous, almost soulless — like the ring-wraiths, the Nazgul, from The Lord of the Rings or even a
rougher-hewn predecessor in Prague.
Even the introductory paragraph of the Austrian artist’s site reads like
the opening to an ancient future, calling on the Druids of Stonehenge and
the crusaders of Everquest or the worlds of Myst:
In the ages of the ancient advanced civilizations the presence of the
Guardians of Time was recognized with respect, reverence and humility. Over
the millennia a new mystery was formed and only a few chosen ones, like
high priests, spiritual masters and shamans were granted to study it. They
were the ones that got a deeper insight in the secret of THE TIME
GUARDIANS. The beings were referred to as visitors from other systems,
protectors or destroyers and even gods. Katalog: Timeguards
