Bildstein-Glatz
Subtitle: Nr. 1
By: Herausgeber, Markus Landert, Stefanie Hoch ; Text, Katharina Amann [and five others] ; Übersetzung, Christopher Roth
Contributors: Bildstein, Matthias, 1978-; Glatz, Philippe, 1979-; Landert, Markus; Hoch, Stefanie; Amann, Katharina; Kunstmuseum des Kantons Thurgau; Kartause Ittingen
Publisher: Verlag für moderne Kunst
Published: 2018
Place of publication: Wien
Language: ger
Number of pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9783903228733
Subjects: Exhibitions; Austrian Art; Bildstein-Glatz (Artist group)
Other titles: Nr. 1; Nummer 1; Nummer eins
Description: Thanks to its bright colors alone the double loop in front of the monastery created by artist duo Bildstein Glatz stands out against the rural idyll. Its spectacular shape and strongly contrasting colors recall amusement parks. Has the striving for spiritual experiences in the charterhouse in Ittingen also been replaced by the search for the ultimate adrenaline kick? On closer inspection it becomes evident, however, that the artwork is not a walk-through installation but is rather intended to provoke a mind game. Loop in front of the art museum can be regarded as something that oscillates between building experiment and intellectual figure, promise and rejection, spectacle and irony. In their work Matthias Bildstein and Philippe Glatz avail themselves of the formal language used in the sports and leisure industry only to transfer it to visual arts. The joint oeuvre by the duo not only embraces larger-than-life sized constructions and paintings in public and museum settings, but also smaller sculptures, multiples or installations such as a crazy golf course with obstacles.
Notes: On the occasion of an exhibition held at Kunstmuseum Thurgau, Kartause Ittingen, Warth, May 13 - August 12, 2018.

Includes bibliographical references.

Parallel texts in German and English.