The State Collections of Antiquities and the Glyptothek in Munich are among the leading
leading international museums of ancient art. Time and again, the institutions
also temporarily present contemporary artistic positions in special exhibitions that relate to their own collections. Examples of this include the now famous "Glyptotek Drawings" - spelling in the original - by US artist Jim Dine (*1935) or the fourteen large-format wrought iron sculptures shown last year under the title "Beyond Hellas" as well as a selection of drawings and watercolors by the Spanish-Swiss architect and artist Santiago Calatrava (*1951).
From October 15, 2023 to April 14, 2024, a large walk-in sculpture by Hildegard Rasthofer (*1967) and Christian Neumaier (*1965) will be on display in the central courtyard of the Glyptothek. As an artist duo, both work interdisciplinary in the fields of experimental architecture and plastic-sculptural design under the label Rasthofer/Neumaier.
Rasthofer/Neumaier, Room O, 2023 © Anne Wild
Her object entitled "Room O" consists of six curved elements made of mirror-polished stainless steel, which form a room that can be entered from all sides in the shape of a rotunda with a diameter of nine meters. The gently moving wings provide access to the empty interior.
One of the major themes of ancient Greek art is the depiction of the human body.
human body. While the works by Dine and Calatrava in the Glyptothek
are based on an artistic reinterpretation of historical representations, Rasthofer/Neumaier take a different approach. With their "Room O", they also create an encounter with bodies. However, the sculptural event only reveals itself in the confrontation with the viewer. Their three-dimensional construction defines a spatial body whose boundaries become blurred. Surrounding bodies are then depicted dimly on the polished shell. Movement in the space causes the mirror images to disintegrate, reforming again and again like in a kaleidoscope into distorted images that contradict idealized images.
October 15, 2023 to April 14, 2024
www.antike-am-koenigsplatz.mwn.de
