Between Karl Friedrich Schinkel's Nikolai church and
the 1970ties appartment house Am Alten Markt 10
Columbarium, 2006
Bricks, mortar, 6 m x 2.40 m Ø
With generous support of Wienerberger Ziegelindustrie
Courtesy of the artists & European Art Projects
Photos: Krzysztof Zielinski / European Art Projects
Lucas Lenglet (*1972, lives in Berlin) concerns himself in his installations
and objects with situations of threat and defence, aggression
and the need of protection. The disturbing narrative level lurks behind
a clear and extremely precise formal language. Camouflage nets, tank traps
and barriers are transformed into minimal sculptures, Molotov Cocktails
explode in exact glass cubes. For Ideal City - Invisible Cities he conceived
a 6 metre high brick tower, which takes its form from old dovecotes,
whilst the title Columbarium was in ancient Roman times a name for
the urn graves of the poor. In Zamość Lenglet erected his Columbarium
with bricks from the region in an inner courtyard. In Potsdam the location
for the dark baked bricks is a green spot near Alter Markt between
a block of flats and Schinkel's Nicolaikirche.
Installation views of Lucas Lenglet's Columbarium in Zamość
Further information on Lucas Lenglet
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