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the guardians of time
on worldtournee
www.timeguards.com
TimeGuards / SpiritGuards
Light
sculptures by Manfred Kielnhofer
Austria artist and designer Manfred Kielnhofer has produced a new series of sculptures,
named Light Guards, that incorporate polyester
figures with energy saving light sources. The result is pretty
spectacular.
http://www.curatedmag.com
The Visual ARTBEAT Magazine Timeguards
The guards are in the new book Art in Public 
& the Interlux chair is in the Designbook LOOK “Arthouse”
(permanent exhibition, Dauerausstellungen)
Galerie Thiele Linz www.galerie-thiele.at
Kunsthandel Freller
Linz www.antikhaus.at
Citygalerie Linz www.citygalerie.at (outdoor)
Artpark contemporary
art Linz www.artpark.at
Schloss Steyregg bei Linz / Die
Wächter der Zeit www.schloss-steyregg.at
(outdoor)
Galerie Seywald
Salzburg www.galerie-seywald.at
Kunst und Handel Graz
www.kunstundhandel.com
Port Pasa Christo Kunsthaus Innsbruck
(outdoor)
AREA53 Wien www.area53.name
Kunstraum in den Ringstrassen
Galerien Wien www.thurnhofer.cc
Gmunden am Traunsee, Wächterwanderung, Barix, Esplanade 14,
Schloss Ort, Badewiese Esplanade, Atelier
Fritz Knoll
Cass Sculpture
Foundation www.sculpture.org.uk
(permanent exhibition, outdoor)
Internationale zeitgenössische Lichtkunst
http://www.light-art.fr
Light Art Biennale Lichtkunst
2010 „private light in
public spaces“ www.lightart-biennale.com www.contemporary-art.at
The Light Art Biennale is on the contemporary art ruhr
C.A.R. 2010 (DE) Messe für zeitgenössische
Kunst 29.-31.10.2010 Welterbe Zollverein
Artfair Berlin Art Tower
2010 www.berlin-arttower.de 7.10 –
10.10.2010
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, Galerie Claudiana
Innsbruck,
TimeGuards /SpiritGuards
/ Trent Gilliss, Online Editor
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.
Katalog: Timeguards
free photos for the press
10x15cm/300dpi www.kielnhofer.at/press
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