Manfred Kielnhofer

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Manfred Kielnhofer
The "Guardians of Time" in front of the French Cathedral on Berlin's Gendarmenmarkt during the Festival of Lights 2011
"Interlux-Chair", light art object, shown at the Biennale für Lichtkunst Austria 2010
Kielnhofer as photographer: water reflections, 2009
Public Art Project on Tour in Basel, ArtBasel, Design Miami / Basel, List, Scope, Volta, 2011
The light art project “time guards” on tour in Venice, St. Mark's Square 2011

Manfred "Kili" Kielnhofer (born January 28, 1967 in Haslach an der Mühl ) is an Austrian painter , sculptor , designer and photographer .

Life

Steyr main square 2020

Manfred "KILI" Kielnhofer graduated in 1989 as a foreman in industrial engineering and then attended the higher technical college in Linz, where he graduated in 1995 . The preoccupation with technology, design and building art led him to his own artistic activity. Since 2000 he has been working as a freelance artist in Linz on the Danube. In 2005 he founded the Artpark gallery. Kielnhofer has been a member of Bildrecht (company) since 2005, a member of the International Sculpture Center NJ since 2012 and recently a member of the professional association of Austrian visual artists .

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"The Guardians of Time" by Linz artist Manfred Kielnhofer are at the forefront of a long-term development. The constant examination of spatial concepts, sculptures and installations as well as the preoccupation with mysticism and primeval religions led the artist to these his "guardians of time". In 2006 the first figure of this kind was created, reminding of a walking, withdrawn monk. Kielnhofer likes to post his figures in special locations, such as old monasteries, in front of castles, high-rise buildings or in abandoned salt mines. Kielnhofer's “Wächter” appear and disappear, we can never predict where they will appear next. This is how we should be reminded that we are never unobserved. Each of our actions is seen and evaluated by the guards. "

- Art criticism: Martina Gansterer

In 2009 Kielnhofer created a series of novel nude photographs. For this purpose, he made a special water basin in his photo studio, which enables him to photograph the models together with their reflections in the water. One photograph appeared on the front page of the New York print edition EYES IN and more photos were published in the Kronen Zeitung.

In 2010, together with Martina Schettina, he developed the concept for the first Austrian light art biennial . The Interlux Chair, Kielnhofer's contribution to the Light Art Biennale, has been included in the MAK 's design database .

2012 Creation of the first miniature watchdog. The mini guard, limited number, 54 × 36 × 34 cm made of plastic.

2013 The first life-size guardians of the time in bronze were cast in the art foundry Krismer.

2014 Three large-format guards made of polyester 220 × 220 × 220 cm were shown at the Festival of Lights on Potsdamer Platz in Berlin.

2015 First collaboration with the glass manufacturer Berengo in Murano.

2016 Five standing guardians in life-size were made from white Carrara marble.

2020 Three seated guards, each 220 cm high and painted in gold, were purchased by the city ​​of Steyr and exhibited at the Steyr town square .

Scholarships

Exhibitions

  • 2000-2005 . (Selection): Allerton Art Gallery New York, Gallery Tampere Finland, Citygalerie Linz, Giga Galerie Ansfelden, film production Schattenperformance Hauptplatz Linz, largest picture of children in the world, Galerie Gruppe Generali, Land-Kultur-Projekt Enns. Facade design in Traun, Semperdepot Vienna.
  • 2006-2007 . (Selection): Galerie Artpark Linz - sculpture garden , Galerie Fotopark Linz, integration world globe on tour, time guards on world tour
  • 2008 . Egon Schiele Art Centrum (CZ), Fontaine Amstetten Gallery, Black Box Gallery Copenhagen / Linz, Graz Art Garden ; Art in architecture: Dianabad Vienna. * 2009 . Cass Sculpture Fondation (UK), ArtVilnius (LT), Artfair Berlin-Arttower (DE), Mobile-Galerie Hörsching, Woka Lamps Vienna
  • 2010 . Area 53 Vienna, Schloss Steyregg near Linz, Neuköllner Kunstsalon Berlin (DE), Artfair Berlin-Arttower (DE), Galerie Kunst und Handel Graz, Kunstraum Ringstrassen, Biennale for Light Art Austria 2010 .
  • 2011 . NordArt , art project "ghost car" for Art Basel , List, Scope, Volta Show, Festival of Lights Berlin
  • 2012 . Design month Graz, sculpture show in the Hartberg Castle Park "Slow", ferryman to Art Basel where a guard was stolen, Occupy Kassel DOCUMENTA (13) The guard 100 days in Kassel, Festival of Lights Berlin, art fair Linz, art and antiques fair Vienna.
  • 2013 . Galerie Liebau Burghaun Fulda, Phantasten Museum Wien, Guardians of Time Settle in During Art Dubai, VBKW Künstlerparade Stuttgart, Phantasten Museum Wien, public art show Venice Biennale, SCOPE Art Show Basel, Art Bodensee, Austrian contemporary sculptures, Tabor Palace, Festival of Lights Berlin, art and antiques vienna fair, Fulda art fair, IC contemporary Istanbul art project, Wikam Art & Antiques fair vienna sculpture garden, Art & Antique vienna Hofburg.
  • 2014 . Vienna International Art & Antiques Fair, Art & Antique Residence Salzburg, Sculpture Summer, WIKAM in Schloss Laxenburg, Galerie Szaal, Highlights Art Basel public art, Art in Fabrik II in GIZ Rosegg, public art Brussels and Amsterdam, ART Bodensee, Art Stays Festival Ptuj Slovenia, Art Salzburg, Woodlands Waterway Arts Bench Competition, Texas USA, Festival of Lights Berlin, WIKAM Galerie Kunst und Handel, Art & Antique Hofburg Vienna
  • 2015 . 56th Venice Biennale Of Art, Collateral Event - Personal Structures, Time Space Existence, Palazzo Mora, TRIO Biennial Three-dimensional Rio de Janeiro Biennial, ArtPrize Grand Rapids, Michigan USA
  • 2016 4th Dubai art award, ArtPrize ArtPrize Grand Rapids Michigan USA, Susan Mains gallery Grenada, Galerie am Museum in Frauenau, Festival of Lights Berlin, Artigo Rio de Janeiro artfair, Light festival Kolding Denmark
  • 2017 Spotlight Festival Bucharest RO, Muralharbor Linz A, Museum Modern Art Hünfeld D, guerrilla art documenta Kassel, ArtPrize ArtPrize Grand Rapids Michigan USA, Swell Sculpture Festival Gold Coast AUS, Festival of Lights Berlin

Publications

Reviews

Kielnhofer, who also describes himself as an “environmental activist” and a “guerrilla artist”, was noticed in the past for presenting his works of art, sometimes without permission, at environmental movements and exhibitions. In 2012 and 2017, Kielnhofer set up his Guardians at various Documenta locations in Kassel, some of them without permission, the exhibition organizers gave him the cold shoulder and had the statues removed several times.

The acquisition of three statues from the series "Guardians of Time" by the City Councilor for Culture of the City of Steyr in summer 2020 also caused a lot of criticism from the art scene. The statues ultimately led to the resignation of the city's cultural adviser and gallery owner Frieda Pohlhammer, who protested against the purchase of artistic "off the shelf" goods, as the statues are also offered in various online retailers. The shape of the statues reminds the artists of various pop culture representations and thus the artistic value is doubtful. The owner of the Porzellanmanufaktur Neuzeughammer Keramik, Mag. Beate Seckauer, is amazed at the opaque selection of the alleged art purchases and, as the chairman of the city's cultural advisory board of the city of Steyr, demands that her committee have a say in cultural matters in general and art in public space in particular.

Press reports

Web links

Commons : Manfred Kielnhofer  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ MAK database ( Memento of the original dated November 2, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / dip.mak.at
  2. ↑ In: Kronen Zeitung online under the title "Art can be so beautiful". (Retrieved June 15, 2009.)
  3. ↑ Ulrike Breit in: Light Art Biennale: International and domestic, shining and blinking . OÖN Kultur, accessed on September 13, 2010
  4. ↑ MAK Museum for Applied Arts Vienna ( Memento of the original from July 6, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (accessed on September 30, 2010) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / dip.mak.at
  5. ↑ City of Steyr buys artificial figures from Kielnhofer. Retrieved July 21, 2020 .
  6. ↑ bargain? "Guardian of Time": bling-bling for the main square in Steyr. derStandard.at , Olga Kronsteiner, July 27, 2020.
  7. ↑ Manfred Kielnhofer in the MAK ( Memento of the original from October 8, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / dip.mak.at
  8. ^ Artist Manfred Kielnhofer provokes the Documenta - derStandard.at. Retrieved on July 24, 2020 (Austrian German).
  9. ↑ Three gold figures infuriate Pohlhammer. Retrieved July 24, 2020 .
  10. ^ "Art as hazardous waste is questionable". Retrieved July 24, 2020 .
  11. ↑ "Guardian of Time": bling-bling for the main square in Steyr - derStandard.at. Accessed July 30, 2020 (Austrian German).
personal data
SURNAME Kielnhofer, Manfred
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Kielnhofer, Kili
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian visual artist
DATE OF BIRTH January 28, 1967
PLACE OF BIRTH Haslach an der Mühl