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Photovoltaic Energy / Solar Energy

Photovoltaic Energy / Solar Energy © EP 2021

Grekland, 2000

Stålskulptur, 3.50 m

Donerad av konstnären 2001


Vassilakis Takis, självlärd skulptör, konstnär och musiker, hämtar inspiration från naturfenomenens synbart obegränsade estetiska kraft. Väderbitna klippor, flödande vattenströmmar, uthuggna öppningar i landskapet – allt ser han som konst. Denna fascination för jordens underverk kompletteras av konstnärens bildade intresse för teknik (t.ex. radarsignaler och instrumentalisering av magnetiska krafter) och hur den utvecklas och införs i konstnärliga metoder. Vassilakis har kontinuerligt överbryggat klyftan mellan natur, vetenskap och konst genom att framställa kinetiska verk som förkroppsligar och i hög grad lyfter fram skönheten i vetenskapliga upptäckter. Solar Energy fångar den här känslan ganska explicit. Strukturen skulle kunna gälla för en fullt fungerande fotovoltaisk panel som kommit bort eller hamnat fel i institutionen. Skulpturen är även en bro, som uppmärksammar vad som har åstadkommits och ifrågasätter vad som återstår att göra.
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Photovoltaic Energy / Solar Energy

TAKIS (Panayiotis Vassilakis)

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