Michael Sailstorfer
26 March - 03 July 2011
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| © Michael Sailstorfer, Zeit ist keine Autobahn, 2008
tyre, iron, electronic engine, electric current, wall , 80 x 95 x 65 cm
Photo: Norbert Miguletz. Courtesy: Johann Koenig |
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MICHAEL SAILSTORFER
Raum und Zeit
26 March - 3 July, 2011
Untamed absurdism, rebellious poetry and melancholy humour characterise
the sculptural work of Michael Sailstorfer (1979, Germany).
Everyday objects such as lamp posts, police cars and bus stops are
transformed into ‘useless’ images with a purely aesthetic value. Meaning
is generated by means of traditional sculptural processes, thereby
enabling the everyday itself to become sculpture. Sailstorfer has an eye
for the formal qualities of objects, but he also leaves room for
fiction, imagination and romance. He injects life into soulless things,
makes trees fly and houses breathe.
Sailstorfer is interested in our personal experience of space. He
therefore emphasises the contrast between his images and the place where
they thrive. For example, he often takes typical big-city objects which
he then places in a rural environment. When he wants to extend this
contrast into a museum context, he introduces strange odours and street
sounds into the room. In this way, the sculptures grow and their impact
transcends their actual physical dimensions.
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