Heinz Mack (b. 1931)
Lot 22

Heinz Mack (b. 1931)

Stele

Fermé6 November 2013

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EUR 32,500

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Heinz Mack (b. 1931)
Stele
signed 'Mack' (on the base); signed and dated 'Mack 88' (on the base)
metal foil, aluminium, electrical motor and wiring
224 cm. high
Executed in 1988, this work is a prototype for the 42 metre high sculpture between earth and sky, completed in 1990, located in front of the building of Daimler - Benz AG in Stuttgart

Acquired directly from the artist by the present owner.

Note du spécialiste

Heinz Mack says about this way of design, which he calls star symbol or Y symbol:
'... that what seems to be so abstract is actually full of immense perceptible presence. This symbol materializes the energy of spatial extension, the incessant space continuum. The direction-free, apparently static space is formed out of a center of energy and radiates - expands. These are symbols for energy in the space which I don't want to be confused with the coordinates: height, width, depth.' (Heinz Mack quoted in Mack... in. Wegweiser zu den Werken von Heinz Mack, Ute Mack (Hg.), Düsseldorf, Wien, New York, Moscow 1992, p. 168)
The stele as a technically perfect work of art becomes a message, becomes the idea of the spirit. Heinz Mack's overall intention, namely to establish a referential weight for the art and its power to fascinate in the environment's social space is visible in his stele.