Ottmar Hörl:
Sculpture "Sponti Dwarf", Version Silvered
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ars mundi special edition | Limited, 199 copies | Numbered | Signed | Metal casting silvered | Format 7 x 15 x 5 cm (W/H/D) | Weight 1.1 kg
Dwarves enjoy special affection. They have received an international attention and recognition of the concept and action artist Ottmar Horl. With his spectacular large installations in public space the Professor and President of the Academy of Fine Arts in Nuremberg followed the goal to accelerate the dialogue and confrontation between art and nature.
So he presented thousand blue "Sponti Dwarfs" in Seligenstadt in 1994 on the occasion of his installation "Flying Change" - also known as garden gnomes with the middle finger. People were glad when they actually were taken away from the streets. Ottmar Horl doesn't respect the change of ownership, but perceives the execution of a shift from public to private ownership as a position change in the spirit of a "flying change". The gesture of raising the middle finger didn’t appear in the modern era. It was known already in ancient Rome.
ars mundi issued the "Sponti Dwarf" as a numbered and signed edition of 199 copies. Three variants in metal casting, either gold-plated or silver-gilt or bronzed. Format of each 7 x 15 x 5 cm (W/H/D).
"Sponti Dwarf", silver-gilt version. Weight ca. 1.1 kg.
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Ottmar Hörl: Sculpture "Sponti Dwarf", Version Silvered
Dwarves enjoy special affection. They have received an international attention and recognition of the concept and action artist Ottmar Horl. With his spectacular large installations in public space the Professor and President of the Academy of Fine Arts in Nuremberg followed the goal to accelerate the dialogue and confrontation between art and nature.
So he presented thousand blue "Sponti Dwarfs" in Seligenstadt in 1994 on the occasion of his installation "Flying Change" - also known as garden gnomes with the middle finger. People were glad when they actually were taken away from the streets. Ottmar Horl doesn't respect the change of ownership, but perceives the execution of a shift from public to private ownership as a position change in the spirit of a "flying change". The gesture of raising the middle finger didn’t appear in the modern era. It was known already in ancient Rome.
ars mundi issued the "Sponti Dwarf" as a numbered and signed edition of 199 copies. Three variants in metal casting, either gold-plated or silver-gilt or bronzed. Format of each 7 x 15 x 5 cm (W/H/D).
"Sponti Dwarf", silver-gilt version. Weight ca. 1.1 kg.