Park Avenue Project

New York 2014

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Artist Statement

New York and its buildings can be viewed as a series of giant, man-made sculptures. In their structure, Hilgemann recognizes the same dynamics, the elements of seriality and rhythm that define his own work.

In recent years, Hilgemann incorporates natural powers and physics to obtain an artistic result that refers to contempo-rary life, to innovations, as well as to the unpredictability of nature. His creative method concentrates on imploding geo-metrical volumes; mass and empty space molded under the influence of forces from outside. To him, implosion represents the inward spiral of energy to reach the core and mystery of matter, the ultimate beauty of creation.

Proposal

Ewerdt Hilgemann proposes 7 monumental sculptures, single pieces as well as grouped works for exhibition on Park Avenue, NYC during August, September and October 2014.

These sculptures are made out of Stainless Steel, a material that relates to its surroundings by reflection.

Similar works have been realized in the past, eitheron a smaller scale in public space, in private gardens, or as indoor models.

Hilgemann’s career as a Sculptor covers 50 years of exhibi-tions world wide, i.e. in Europe, Asia and the United States of America.

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Sculpture Groups

For his sculpture groups, Hilgemann has selected the intersections and medians between 52nd and 67th St, subject to technical requirements on each site to be investigated. e.g.

1. ‘Cube Flower’, Median between 52 & 532. ‘Threesome (Caryatids)’, Intersection 54 S3. ‘Triple’, Intersection 57 N4. ‘Dancers (Tango)’, Intersection 59 N5. ‘Double’, Intersection 64 N6. ‘Cube’, Intersection 65 N 7. ‘Habakuk’, Intersection 67 S The next pages show a photoshop version of 7 different locations, in order to give an impression of the impact of the work.

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‘Cube Flower’, 4 parts, 8x4x4 ft each @ Median between 52 & 538

Reference: ‘Four Parts of a Cube’, 1995, 5 x 2.5 x 2.5 ft eachInstallation view Private Collection, Berlin, Germany

‘Threesome (Caryatids)’, 3 pieces, different heights (20ft-18ft-16ftx3.3x3.3ft) @ Intersection 54 S10

Reference: ‘Atlas’, 2000, 7.5 x 2.5 x 2.5 ftInstallation view Art Cologne, Germany

‘Triple’, 20x4x4 ft @ Intersection 57 N12

Reference: ‘Triple’, 2004, 7.5 x 2.5 x 2.5 ftInstallation view Private Collection, Munich, Germany

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‘Dancers (Tango)’, 2 parts, 20x4x4 ft each @ Intersection 59 N

Reference: ‘Three Graces’, 2011, 20 x 3.3 x 3.3 ft eachInstallation view Messer Group, Bad Soden, Germany

‘Double’, 20x5x5 ft @ Intersection 64 N16

Reference: ‘Double’, 2008, 8 x 2 x 2 ftInstallation view Art Karlsruhe, Germany

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‘Cube’, 6.5x6.5x6.5 ft @ Intersection 65 N

Reference: ‘Cube’, 19976.5x6.5x6.5 ftInstallation view Busan Biennial, Korea

‘Habakuk (Homage to Max Ernst)’, 20x6.5x6.5 ft @ Intersection 67 S20

Reference: ‘Quint’, 2007, 12.5 x 2.5 x 2.5 ftInstallation view Private Collection, Hamburg, Germany

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Installation and Anchoring

Hilgemann and his team are familiar with large scale sculp-tures in public space. Careful calculations are being made by State approved engineers to safeguard both sculptures and environment from damage.

All sculptures will be anchored according to their height and weight in order to resist eventual storms up to 100 miles/h and are made of Stainless, or Corten steel.

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About the Artist

Ewerdt Hilgemann was born 1938 in Witten, Germany. He works and lives in Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

His sculptures are shown in many parts of the world and are represented in several private and public collections, such as:

Elgiz Museum of Contemporary Art, Istanbul, TurkeyNew Pacific, Beverly Hills, California Vasarely Museum, Budapest, HungaryRijksmuseum Twenthe, Enschede, NetherlandsMuseum Mondrian House, Amersfoort, NetherlandsMuseum Modern Art, Hünfeld, GermanyMuseum of Contemporary Art, Gelsenkirchen, GermanyIl-San Lake Sculpture Park, Ko-Yang City, KoreaWilhelm-Hack-Museum, Ludwigshafen, GermanyRuppert Collection, Museum Würzburg, GermanyCity of Sárospatak, HungaryGorcums Museum, Gorinchem, NetherlandsTechnical University, Delft, Netherlands

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IBB Investment Bank, Berlin, Germany Museum for Concrete Art, Ingolstadt, GermanyMuseum Lenbach-Haus, Munich, GermanyMuseum of Contemporary Art, Dordrecht, NetherlandsUniversity of Nymegen, NetherlandsAmsterdam Medical Center IWO, Amsterdam, NetherlandsGemeentemuseum, Arnhem, NetherlandsSculpture Park, Dordrecht, NetherlandsCity of Nivala, FinlandCity of Rotterdam, NetherlandsCity of Amsterdam, NetherlandsGroninger Museum, Groningen, NetherlandsBonnefanten Museum, Maastricht, NetherlandsLouisiana Museum of Contemporary Art, Humlebaek, DenmarkMuseum Abteiberg, Mönchengladbach, GermanyMuseum of Contemporary Art, Lodz, PolandMuseum of Contemporary Art, Witten, Germany

Credits © Art Affairs and the individual authors Layout & Photo edit: Gianni Hilgemann (cover and pages 9,11,13,15,17,19,21) Ewerdt Hilgemann, (p.2,18) Helmut Bauer, Ingolstadt (p.4) Antoinette de Stigter, Amsterdam (p.6,10,20) Jochen Littkemann, Berlin (p.8) Stefan Madaus, Munich (p.12) Thomas Emden-Weinert, Mörfelden (p.14) Galerie Neher, Essen (p.16) Steven van Welie, Zwolle (p.22) Georg Ammerlaan, Bergen (p.24)

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