wall | 2019 | wood | 3,90m x 5,67m x 0,10m
With the sculptural piece "wall" (2019),
Max Wencelides has developed a site-specific
artwork
which builds a
strong connection to
its surrounding space and interrogates artistic
practices in
several ways. On the one hand,
there is the situation of the studio, which is
to say the space in
which an artistic process
of creation takes place.
In this case, it's
manifested as a collective
studio that preceded
the artist's studies, as the classroom of the
Metzel class. The artist
fundamentally transforms
the environment of the space by changing its
architectural
layout.
By rotating a central
studio wall by 90 degrees into the room, he
creates a new baseline of
space that all
other
participants working in the studio have to react
to - consciously or
subconsciously. The space
itself as well as
individual and collective
movements and actions
are going to find
themselves altered and realigned...
Text (excerpt): Dr. Anne Vieth,
curartor,
kunstmuseum Stuttgart
