PETER SANDBICHLER – THE GOLDEN BAR
2020-12-21Peter Sandbichler is interested in functional shifts and content-related condensations that result from the reuse of found objects or materials. For more than 10 years he has been using packaging cartons as a resource-saving material, which allows him to “think big” and to realise spaceconsuming installations. The principle of folding two-dimensional surfaces into three-dimensional, modular structures proves to be a central constructive and aesthetic element.
The exhibition is deliberately oriented towards the street in order to create a dialogue with pedestrians. Various unusually presented objects – including a Tensegrity Light (1999/2020) made of six fluorescent tubes, an Alte Schachtel (engl. old box; 2020) made of papier-mâché or a concrete cast of an elephant leaf (2020) – create a new, sometimes irritating atmosphere. The work Fliegenauge (engl. fly’s eye; 2011) on the front wall of the main room contributes to this. Its recessed convex round mirrors are reminiscent of those used in road traffic or in “panoptic”
buildings – such as prisons. Inevitably, a surveillance situation is suggested in which visitors can be observed from different perspectives.
Opposite – DIE ZEIT, WISSEN, 14. DEZEMBER 2017, 2017
Exhibition runs through to February 27thh, 2021
Galerie Elisabeth & Klaus Thoman
1010 Vienna
Austria
