The guards
are in the new book Art
in Public
& the Interlux chair is in the Designbook LOÖK “Arthouse”http://looek.at
- Presentation 24. Nov. 2011 11amArsElectronicaCenterLinz.
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
