Works of art make a substantial contribution to cultural identification. When they are placed in a public place, this function is enhanced. However the artwork also acknowledges other tasks: it figuratively announces content in the traditional role, standing as the image of a ruler or at least serves as decoration, while in the Modern period they become increasingly space defining or shaping.

In this volume 500 projects are presented. Around 150 works document the history of this species of art. The development of contemporary art in public places during the last decades dominates Art in Public with about 350 examples. Succinct texts locating the work, the artist and the style, concentrate on what is special about the works and explain the effect they have every day on passers-by according to Paul Watzlawick’s axiom that “One can not not communicate“.
From the contents:

– Sphinx in Gizeh, Egypt, 2.700–2.600 bc.
– Trajan-column in Rome, Italy, 113
– Roland-Statue in Bremen, Germany 1404
– Albert Memorial in London, England, 1875 (George-Gilbert Scott)
– Citizens of Calais, France, 1889 (Auguste Rodin)
– The Endless Column in Târgu Jiu, Rumania, 1938 (Constantin Brâncusi)
– Broken Obelisk in Houston, USA, 1963 (Barnett Newman)
– Saurien in New York, USA 1975 (Alexander Calder)
– Sculpture Liverpool Street in London, England, 1987 (Richard Serra)
– Pre-Bell-Man in Frankfurt/Main, Germany 1990 (Nam June Paik)
– Human Structures, San Francisco, USA, 2008 (Jonathan Borofsky)
– Timeguards, Linz, Austria, 2010 (Manfred Kielnhofer)
– Light Cactuses, Gramastetten, Austria, 2010 (Christoph Luckeneder)

http://www.van-uffelen.de/Editorial_office/-_Art_in_Public.html

http://kielnhofer.at/design.htm

SONDERAUKTION shape_ SKULPTUR DER MODERNE

Auktion: 10. November 2011, 18.30 Uhr

KUNSTAUKTIONSHAUS NEUMEISTER, Barerstr. 37, 80799 München
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“Interlux Chair”,
designed and manufactured by Manfred Kielnhofer, Austria, 2002/ 2010, transparent and red fluorescent plexiglass, blue neon tubes, height 84 cm, width 88 cm, depth 90 cm . (DR) A unique piece out of a serie of similar chairs. Reminiscent of American minimalist artist Dan Flavin’s fluorescent light sculptures, this unique chair literally lights up the room. It is a composition of unique long neon lighting contained in transparent tubes placed horizontally.
http://www.dorotheum.com/auktion-detail/auktion-9162-design/lot-1213797-interlux-chair.html

„Interlux Chair“,
Entwurf und Ausführung Manfred Kielnhofer, Österreich 2002/ 2010, Plexiglas, transparent und rot fluoreszierend, blaue Neonröhren, Höhe 84 cm, Breite 88 cm, Tiefe 90 cm . (DR) Unikat. Reminiscent of American minimalist artist Dan Flavin s fluorescent light sculptures, this unique chair literally lights up the room. It is a composition of unique long neon lighting contained in transparent tubes placed horizontally. (Mari Otberg)
http://kielnhofer.com

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Mittwoch, 19. Oktober 2011: zwischen Berliner Dom und dem Alten Museum
Donnerstag, 20. Oktober 2011: Neues Kranzler Eck, Kurfürstendamm 22, im Start- und Zielbereich des LightRuns