Two Green Windows

This work is installed in a location where the hiking trails intersect at the edge of a large open meadow. The two parts of this sculpture are positioned along the same axis and are reminiscent of the windows found at a classical manor house. Although they were built from historical construction materials, they seem more like architectural quotations than ruins. Viewers can look out the windows, while simultaneously being outdoors. The view of the landscape is framed like a picture, lending it a new sort of focused awareness. Landscape, sculpture, and architecture enter into a synthesis here.


Vittorio Messina

1946
geboren in Zafferana Etnea, Italien; lebt und arbeitet in Rom.
1965–1970
Studium der Architektur an der Kunstakademie in Rom.
1972–1989
Tätigkeiten als Dozent an einem Kunstgymnasium sowie am staatlichen Institut für Kunst, Rom.

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Location
Rheine
Rheine, Gertrudenweg 39
Artist
Vittorio Messina
Year
2001
Size
50 x 900 cm each
Material
Limestone, natural stone, brick, plaster
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