Alois Kronschlaeger
Alois Kronschlaeger's work exists at the intersection of art, architecture, fashion, and design. Kronschlaeger is best known for his site-specific installations and sculptures, which demonstrate a preoccupation with environment and light, as well as an interest in exploring time and space via geometry. His polychromatic structures are site-specific geometric polychrome basswood and ink sculptures, arranged according to the light, scale, and vantage points of their environment. Kronschlaeger’s practice is greatly influenced by the avant-garde legacies of Constructivism and post-Minimalism, and he strives to create a phenomenological experience for the viewer. As the audience moves around the works, and light and reflections shift, the sculptures morph into new forms. This dynamic is heightened by the artist’s adept manipulation of color relationships, which produce optical and kinetic effects.
Alois Kronschlaeger's work has been exhibited internationally at institutions including the Bruce Museum, Greenwich, Connecticut, Yuan Art Museum, Beijing, China, and the Museum of Contemporary Art, Tucson, Arizona, where he constructed a 10,000 square-foot installation inside the museum’s Great Hall. The artist has produced two site-specific installations with SiTE:LAB in Grand Rapids, MI, including Spire, which stretched over three stories tall, and Habitat, which was staged in the former Grand Rapids Public Museum. In 2014, Cristin …
Alois Kronschlaeger's work exists at the intersection of art, architecture, fashion, and design. Kronschlaeger is best known for his site-specific installations and sculptures, which demonstrate a preoccupation with environment and light, as well as an interest in exploring time and space via geometry. His polychromatic structures are site-specific geometric polychrome basswood and ink sculptures, arranged according to the light, scale, and vantage points of their environment. Kronschlaeger’s practice is greatly influenced by the avant-garde legacies of Constructivism and post-Minimalism, and he strives to create a phenomenological experience for the viewer. As the audience moves around the works, and light and reflections shift, the sculptures morph into new forms. This dynamic is heightened by the artist’s adept manipulation of color relationships, which produce optical and kinetic effects.
Alois Kronschlaeger's work has been exhibited internationally at institutions including the Bruce Museum, Greenwich, Connecticut, Yuan Art Museum, Beijing, China, and the Museum of Contemporary Art, Tucson, Arizona, where he constructed a 10,000 square-foot installation inside the museum’s Great Hall. The artist has produced two site-specific installations with SiTE:LAB in Grand Rapids, MI, including Spire, which stretched over three stories tall, and Habitat, which was staged in the former Grand Rapids Public Museum. In 2014, Cristin Tierney Gallery released the publication Alois Kronschlaeger, which documents the evolution of his work, from individual sculptures to monumental installations.
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