Künstlerhaus
Halle für
Kunst & Medien

Burgring 2
8010 Graz, Austria
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07 17 2014  6 p.m.

Artist Talk

Michael Schuster, Dirck Möllmann
Chat Jet (Part 2) - Sculpture in Reflection, 2014
exhibition view, Künstlerhaus KM–. Halle für Kunst & Medien, photo: Markus Krottendorfer

"Razzle Dazzle" by the Graz-based artist Michael Schuster was the winner in a public art competition and therefore subsequently erected in the streets of Loipersdorf, a town in Austria. “Razzle dazzle” can mean a confusing situation, but it can also mean a deceptive maneuver. Here, Schuster’s design for the radar detectors refers to the camouflage paint on British warships in World War I. Before the invention of radar, complex geometrical patterns were supposed to conceal the size, direction, and speed of the ships. In Loipersdorf skid marks testify to the fact that colorful automotive paint does not disguise the suspicious shape of the objects. Rather, the subtle interplay of radar, form, and camouflage reveals the artist’s approach—a sculptural effect that caused, among other things, public disturbances at the predetermined corner of Erzherzog-Johann-Allee and Burgring throughout the duration of the exhibition.

Künstlerhaus
Halle für Kunst & Medien

Burgring 2
8010 Graz, Austria
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