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 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.
Mobile Galeriehttp://mobile-galerie.at
Kalender 2010
Art and Beauty: Fotoausstellung Möbel Leitner Linz
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
