17/10/2026
IN THE GALLERY / Torino
Harald Klingelhöller
- and the world apart, twice ( horizont ) -
Until 30 January 2027
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In the exhibition, entitled - and the world apart, twice ( horizont ) -, the works on display are dated 2026 and thus represent the most recent evolution of the artist’s aesthetic; they are presented at different levels: suspended, on the floor or, in the case of the (Horizont) series, along a horizon line, supported by a lectern, onto which the words comprising the title are metaphorically transferred.
The suspended works are to be understood as constellations, in which previously created sculptures reappear in the form of their shadows (altered in size and multiplied as distorted three-dimensional silhouettes). They reveal a level of balance and resonance with what is evoked by the words that gave each earlier sculpture its title.
“In the journey from the object to its shadow, from the object to its concept, and from the Event to memory, something always remains in an infinite space that we do not know.”
The moment of suspension enters the imagination.
The floor-standing works, such as the ‘stars’, are made of solid metal forms (copper, brass, lead and powder-coated sheet steel) with a trapezoidal cross-section, each with one end at a right angle and the other cut diagonally. The wider, parallel trapezoidal surface faces upwards, and its dimensions are determined by the respective sizes of the words printed in the title (mostly in bold, uppercase Neue Helvetica).
The star-shaped sculptures represent a transformation of everything evoked by the words in the title into a condensed form, creating a new, non-identical presence. As the project developed, the idea of a complete transfer was abandoned, and the star shape came to be understood as a further form of presence for what has already been evoked and what remains to be evoked. […]
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Photo:
Lucrezia Cusato, Archivio Fotografico Galleria TUCCI RUSSO, Torre Pellice e Torino
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