Wednesday, August 26, 2009

Gerda Steiner and Jörg Lenzlinger

Falling Garden / San Staë church on the Canale Grande / 50th Biennial of Venice, 2003

Soul warmer / Abbey Library of St.Gall, 2005

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Love the ethereal quality of these installation pieces by Swiss artists Gerda Steiner and Jörg Lenzlinger.


Some of the components used in their art: Plastic berries (India), cow pads (Jura), waste paper (Venice), baobab seeds (Australia), beech, elder and magnolia branches (Uster), thorns (Almeria), pigs’ teeth (Indonesia), seaweed (Seoul), orange peel (Migros shop), fertilizer crystals (home grown), pigeons’ bones (San Staë), silk buds (Stockholm), rubber snakes (Cincinnati)...

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