Rudolph HÖLBE (1848-1926)
“Sirene” - “ Siren” (1885)
Bronze, Kalksteinsockel mit Drehteller
Bronze, limestone pedestal with turntable
LETTER Stiftung, Köln - LETTER Foundation, Cologne
Ausstellung / Exhibition
ALFRED KUBIN - “Bekenntnisse einer gequälten Seele”
ALFRED KUBIN - “Confessions of a tortured Soul”
LEOPOLD MUSEUM Wien / Vienna - 2022
Quotes :"Similarly, in another interview, Nauman disdains the creation of
open-ended situations, which, he complains, reduce art to a form
of "game playing": "I don't like to leave things open so that people
feel they are in a situation they can play games with…. I think I am
not really interested in game playing. Partly it has to do with con-
trol, I guess"
"while Nauman's installations depend upon the viewer's interaction,
they are nonetheless ambivalent about the possibilities such
involvement affords and, as such, create uncomfortable experi-
ences. Such wariness is echoed in the artist's frequent comments
over the years regarding his "mistrust" of audience participation."
Comment: 'Dependent Participation: Bruce Nauman's Environments by Janet Kraynak' was an amazing article to read. I just couldn't choose one quote from this article. the article really gives a look into the mind of Bruce Nauman. I enjoy the the skills he exude by making the spectator apart of the art piece, rather than allowing the viewer to just look from a distance, you become immersed in the pieces he creates. this allows each person to experience a different look at the installation based upon his/hers own appearance somewhat like a mirror. his installation
" Bruce Nauman. Going
Around the Corner Piece, 1970'
is a great example of this. Bruce's concepts of controlled freedom is a remarkable insight to certain concepts of ideology. giving the spectators the freedom to move without giving them the freedom to move is a rather amazing way of taming an individual. I liked the fact that he does this as a means to not allow the persons participating to ruin the image he is portraying, its like each person is a paint brush with Naumen being the hand that moves the strokes. he cant control the brushes imprints but he can utilize its range and the amount of paint used.
I decided to choose these quotes because it really gave me some gems on new ways of thinking and the process of creativity. his paranoia with trust and control, really is what most artist and people in general struggles with when placed in any environment. this controlled freedom is a concept rarely ever spoken about and may actually be a set condition on the psyche of society. how easily can a group of individuals be lead with this illusion of freedom. whose to say our thoughts are really are own if its guided by the the popular majority or those who control the installations of the world around us. I find myself at times to be in a conundrum when given too much creative control when tasked with vague concepts of creation and I wonder if our imaginations, creativity, and thoughts are stifled by the controlled freedoms of creation.
Question: what do you consider to be something that might have placed a barrier on your creativity? what might be some creative processes that you use to create controlled freedoms in your art pieces? what do you think about Nauman's works in correlation to the concepts of controlled freedoms used in artworks?