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TimeGuards / SpiritGuards
TimeGuards /SpiritGuards / Trent Gilliss, Online EditorFigurative 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 Antony Gormley’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
Upcoming exhibition:5-29 Juli 2010 Salzburg AG“LUXURY, please” Hofburg Vienna 27-29. Nov. 2009 www.luxuryplease.comThe Showroom of Weihburggasse / Singerstraße www.woka.com
Kalender 2010 Art and Beauty: Mobile Galerie http://mobile-galerie.at
Fotoausstellung http://moebel-leitner.atSchloss Steyregg / Die Wächter in der DauerausstellungBerlin Arttower 23-27.Sept.2009artvilnius.com July 8-12, 2009 Galerie Seywald Salzburg 26.Mai- 27.Juni 200 Art-Walk Salzburg: Live Fotoshooting 12. und 13. Juni / Freitag 19:00 bis 22:00, Samstag 10:00 bis 17:00. Galerie Seywald
Herbert Brandl, Otto Zitko, Franz Graf, Franz West, Waran, Heidulf Gerngross, Thomas Redl, Thomas Strobl, Michael Starkmeyer, Eva Schlegl, Catherine Pandora, Hans Biwi Lechner, Manfred Kielnhofer, Andrea Baczynski, Kurt Hofstätter, Barbara Doser, Richard Hoeck, Mounty R. P. Zentara, Karin Sulima, Wladimir Jaremenko Tolstoj, Semjonov van Coke, Alexej Alexejev, Popov, Elisabeth von Samsonow, Sergej Volgin, Reinhold Kirchmayr —>> mehrKunst und Handel Graz seit Okt. 2008Skulpturgarten Galerie Artpark / Dauerausstellung seit Mai 2006
Arnold Pichler, Gerhard Wünsche, Manfred Schöller, Erwin Reiter, Willi Kern, Christoph Luckeneder, Manfred Koutek, Manfred Kielnhofer, Robert Mittringer, Nitram Martin Stockinger, Der Steiner, Carlos Michael Anglberger, Jonathan Borofsky, dEmo (Eladio de Mora), Pinuccio Sciola 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 Cesky Krumlov, Galerie Fontaine, Kunstgarten Graz, Black Box Gallery Copenhagen / Linz, Schloss Steyregg free photos for the press 10x15cm/300dpi www.kielnhofer.at/press |
