WG: Light Art 1st glow - 9th International Festival of Contemporary Art - ART STAYS 2011

 

 

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Light Art 1st glow

In cooperation with Light Art Biennial from Austria, Ptuj will host light objects by artists such as Manfred Kielnhofer,  Christoph Luckeneder, Mounty R. P. Zentara and Alexandre Murucci. We have also invited Korean artist Jeongmoon Choi to exhibit her light drawings. Installations by Art Stays' artists (Dušan Fišer) will join and complement the visiting works of art. The Light Art Project is is a conceptual upgrade of Art Stays projects from 2005, when the festival carried the name Light Please. The aim is to awaken life in the sleepy oldest Slovenian town. Each night, Ptuj will shine under the glow of the light installations and take a peek into a brighter future. Curated by Jernej Forbici.

http://www.artstays.si

Images from the Opening: Slovenski Square, Manfred Kielnhofer

 
 
 
9th International Festival of Contemporary Art – ART STAYS 2011

The ninth yearly edition of the Art Stays International Festival of Contemporary Art will be taking place this summer, the third time in the context of Art Ptuj Summer Festivals. This year's festival is entitled CONNECT, as it will connect over 100 artists in Ptuj, Slovenia. 80 of them will be presented for the first time in Slovenia, almost 60 are younger than 35 years, 20 are Slovenian, 6 of them newcomers. 16 curators will present 54 events between 22nd July and 5th September.
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Informacije / Information: KUD ART STAYS, Prešernova ulica 1, 2250 PTUJ, PE: Jadranska ulica 4, 2250 Ptuj,
www.artstays.si, e: info@artstays.si, GSM: 040 304 456
http://lightart-biennale.com

 

Public ArtBasel Project on Tour, Manfred Kielnhofer, Fairs and Shows, Design Miami / Basel, Liste, Scope, Volta show, ...

 

Public Art Project on Tour in Basel, Manfred Kielnhofer ArtBasel, Design Miami / Basel, Liste, Scope, Volta, ...

Shared by Austrian artist and designer Manfred Kielnhofer. The “Light Guards” project is further developed and become a ghost car touring in Basel art show during June 15 – 19 2011.

Eccentric art was also at Basel, if not as dominant a presence as the traditional buys. Ghost Car by Kielnhofer was a large white van with hooded figures driving outside the fair, and the Bleifrei (which translates to Lead Free in German) Art Collective told Art Info: “Art is like Jesus; it died and it’s coming again.”
Manfred Kielnhofer, Ghost Car (2011) Basel, via

http://artobserved.com/2011/06/ao-on-site-art-fair-news-summary-and-final-photoset-art-42-basel-2011-in-closing/
http://kielnhofer.com
http://contemporary-art.at
http://lightart-biennale.com

 

 

 

 

 

Public Art Basel Project on Tour, Manfred Kielnhofer, ArtBasel, Design Miami / Basel, Liste, Scope, Volta, ...

The grim seeker after truth
Anyone wondering why these grim reaper style figures were seated on this white van - look no further than the latest installation from artist Manfred Kielnhofer. He is from Haslach an der Mühl, in the district of Rohrbach in Upper Austria, Austria, and is an artist and designer whose work usually centres around the human anatomy. His recent piece of art is the Ghost Car, which is a product of the developing ‘Light Guards’ project. This project surfaced from the theory that humankind has always been able to boast having guardians in different ways, in potential danger from only themselves. This idea intrigued the artist Kielnhofer, who approached it with his artwork, intertwining the theme of longing for security harboured by all humans. The Ghost Car portrays a sizely white van driving, seating sheet-covered figures. Perhaps this reflects individuality, exploration and recognition of current events in society, as it seems to interpret the theme by suggesting the hooded figures are looking to the drapes and car for protection as they are possibly ghosts, who are afraid of the life after death, and long for safekeeping.
By Alessia De Silva
http://austriantimes.at/news/Panorama/2011-08-06/35422/The_grim_seeker_after_truth
http://kielnhofer.com