sculpture guide_cultural center_Vaduz

SCULPTURES
IN VADUZ
Works of art in public spaces

SCULPTURES
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TRE CAVALLI Nag Arnoldi
MONOFORM 29 Gottfried Honegger
HOCHSITZ Robert Indermaur
PROGRESSION OF A FORM IN 3 STELAE Christian Megert
STAHLBAU VKR 350 James Licini
STEHENDE FIGUR Herbert Albrecht
RENAISSANCE Daniel Spoerri
DIVISION 8 Gottfried Honegger
GRANDE CAVALLO Nag Arnoldi
RECLINING WOMAN Fernando Botero
LA PUERTA DE LA LIBERTAD II Eduardo Chillida
AFRICAN KING Gunther Stilling
Z-WÜRFEL Georg Malin
SWISS FOUNTAIN Roman Signer
HARMONIEMUSIK VADUZ ANNIVERSARY Evelyne Bermann
MATTA-BOTE Herbert Fritsch
FIGURE IN A SHELTER Henry Moore
DAS GEBET Heinz Mack
RHEINBERGER MONUMENT Franz Marcel Fischer
FERDINAND NIGG MONUMENT Martin Frommelt
THE LATE PRINCELY COUPLE Bertrand Freiesleben
ZWEI LICHT-PRISMEN Heinz Mack
ALMA Gerry Mayer
FRÜHLINGSERWACHEN FauZie As’Ad
RECLINING FIGURE Hugo Marxer
PHOENIX Doris Bühler
QUO VADIS EQUUS Gerry Mayer
BEERENFRUCHT Georg Malin

WELCOME TO THE
CULTURAL CENTER VADUZ
In Vaduz you will find an outstanding
selection of works by national and international
artists within a compact geographical
area. The present sculpture guide
contains information on 28 different
works of art as well as about their creators.
The map shows the locations of each
of the works.
Enjoy taking a cultural stroll
through Vaduz.

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TRE CAVALLI
Nag Arnoldi
The expressive bronzes created by Nag Arnoldi show
influences from Marino Marini and Pablo Picasso
as well as from pre-Columbian art. His works have a
clear identity. The uniqueness of the structure of
the fractured cast surface contrasts boldly with the
sections with polished surfaces. Light, reflection
and immateriality play a very important role. The
topic here is the myth of horse and man, portrayed
between joy and pain.
Date of creation: 2002 Material: Bronze
Ownership: Municipality of Vaduz
Nag Arnoldi (*1928; †2017 in Lugano, Switzerland)
Nag Arnoldi was one of the most important Swiss sculptors.
He lived and worked near Lugano, and also owned ateliers in
Venice and Mexico. As a painter, potter, graphic artist and sculptor
he created a great many works of art. He was a lecturer at
the School of Applied Arts in Lugano. Nag Arnoldi received
numerous awards and his large-scale bronzes are exhibited in
many public and private places and buildings.

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MONOFORM 29
Gottfried Honegger
HOCHSITZ
Robert Indermaur
“Monoform 29” from 1991 represents a major work
by the artist Gottfried Honegger, which he himself
describes as a positive testimonial to the sculptural
art of the 20 th century. The sculpture, which
is made of dark granite, is three metres high. It
consists of six identical elements, each 50 cm high
and each rotated 15 degrees.
Date of creation: 1991 Material: Dark granite
Ownership: Municipality of Vaduz
The “Hochsitz” is part of the series “Höhenluft”. It is
likewise a constantly recurring metaphor in Indermauer’s
work for situations that require a wider view.
He addresses the human compulsion to comprehend
and understand. His attention is moreover directed
towards the need to face the world as an attentive
and empathetic observer, and at the same time as a
contemplative processor of what is experienced
and seen. In fact, the “Hochsitz” or “High Seat” is a
fundamental philosophical standpoint.
Date of creation: 2000 Material: Iron, bronze
Ownership: Municipality of Vaduz
Gottfried Honegger (*1917; †2016 in Zurich, Switzerland)
Gottfried Honegger completed an apprenticeship as a window
dresser. From 1958 to 1960 he was Art Director at J. R. Geigy AG,
New York. His first solo exhibition was hosted by the Martha
Jackson Gallery in New York in 1959. From 1960 to 1997 he
worked in Paris, and after 1997 in Cannes. In 2001 he was awarded
the order of the Légion d’honneur. Gottfried Honegger
is one of the most important European artists of the 20 th and
21 st centuries.
Robert Indermaur (*1947 in Chur, Switzerland)
Indermaur attended school Chur, where he also qualified at the
teacher training college. After travelling through Asia and Africa
and Europe, he set up a studio in Chur and devoted himself to
painting as a self-taught artist. During the first three years he
created abstract compositions. Indermaur then turned his attention
to figurative representations. In addition to paintings and
drawings, he has also created prints, murals, caricatures, stage
sets, sculptures and objects.

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PROGRESSION
OF A FORM
IN 3 STELAE
Christian Megert
STAHLBAU
VKR 350
James Licini
The three stelae are worked in South African granite.
The form is based on the ancient Egyptian symbol
“ka”: Symbol for eternal life and constancy. The sculpture,
open on all sides and reflecting its surroundings,
is a waymark and a place to linger. The location
and arrangement of the 3 stelae evoke the
importance of openness between Liechtenstein,
Austria and Switzerland.
James Licini works with double-T beams, angle irons
and steel plates, which he obtains directly from
industrial producers. Stahlbau VKR 350 is a unique
piece and was made from a steel hollow profile,
which is naturally eroded. The work is 210 cm high.
Date of creation: 2004 Material: Steel
Ownership: Galerie am Lindenplatz
Date of creation: 2002 Material: Granite
Ownership: Municipality of Vaduz
with the support of the Ars Rhenia Foundation
Christian Megert (*1936 in Berne, Switzerland)
Since 1960 Christian Megert has worked predominantly with
glass and mirrors, later also with polished stone. He wrote the
manifesto “Ein neuer Raum”, which was published on the
occasion of his exhibition in Copenhagen 1961. It contains the
exhortation to rethink all things spatial with the help of art.
For his concepts and works, he was appointed to the Professorship
of “Integration of Fine Arts and Architecture” at Düsseldorf
Arts Academy in 1976.
James Licini (*1937 in Zurich, Switzerland)
James Licini is a Swiss sculptor. As a sculptor, Licini is self-taught
and considers himself not an artist but instead a steel builder. He
produced his first abstract iron sculptures in 1968. In the 1970’s
in particular, Licini secured a number of scholarships, including
from the City and Canton of Zurich, as well as a Federal Art
Scholarship in 1974. In 1997 he exhibited at the Forum Kunst in
Rottweil, in 1998 at the Galerie Andy Jllien in Zurich and in 2017
in the park of the Castello del Sole on Lake Maggiore.

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STEHENDE FIGUR
Herbert Albrecht
RENAISSANCE
Daniel Spoerri
“Stehende Figur” (“Standing Figure”) is in keeping
with Albrecht’s typical sculptural language. His work
addresses the topic of the figure, its transformation
through different perspectives. Although Albrecht
started with the block and cube, he subsequently
moved away from this position. From the elementary
figurative landscapes with differentiated, interlocking
forms, which sometimes take on a vegetative
character and obey a complex light regimen.
Date of creation: 1970 Material: Bronze
Ownership: Municipality of Vaduz
Only three casts of this bronze sculpture have ever
been made. It is composed of objets trouvés,
consisting of a twisted wooden Renaissance pillar,
a hand, a heart and the head of an angel. The
topic was prompted by an earthquake: The column
with its supporting function – symbolising everything
that has been built, while the Sicilian earth
was exposed to the violent destructive forces
of the earthquake. A symbol for the rebirth of the
destroyed town of Giballina.
Date of creation: 1985 Material: Bronze
Ownership: Municipality of Vaduz
Herbert Albrecht (*1927 in Au im Bregenzerwald, Austria)
Albrecht attended the School of Arts and Crafts in Innsbruck
from 1941 to 1946. He then went on to study at the Academy of
Fine Arts in Vienna. He was awarded the Theodor Körner Prize
for the portal design of the Cistercian Abbey of Mehrerau-
Bregenz. In 1987 he received the “International Art Prize of the
Province of Vorarlberg” and in 2002 Albrecht was awarded
the Decoration of Honour of the Republic of Austria for Science
and Art 1 st Class.
Daniel Spoerri (*1930 in Galati, Romania)
The Swiss object artist of Romanian descent became a cofounder
of the “Nouveau Realisme” movement in Paris in 1960.
In the same year, he created his “Fallenbilder” or “Case Studies”,
which remove random situations on table surfaces from their
natural settings and preserve them as still lives. Daniel Spoerri
incorporates ordinary items into his artworks, often bridging the
gap between art and everyday culture with ironic effect. In 2009,
the “Kunststaulager Spoerri” was opened in Lower Austria.

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DIVISION 8
Gottfried Honegger
GRANDE CAVALLO
Nag Arnoldi
In the spirit of geometry and concrete form, Gottfried
Honegger has always defined himself in a modern,
always contemporary manner. Until quite recently he
had the need and the opportunity to engage – including
by journalistic means – and shape his living
space mentally and artistically, to give this a face
appropriate to current human needs and abilities.
Due to his friendship with Michael Hilti, many of
his works form an important part of the Hilti Art
Foundation.
Date of creation: 1988 Material: Granite
Ownership: Municipality of Vaduz,
gifted by the Hilti Art Foundation
The expressive bronzes created by Nag Arnoldi show
influences from Marino Marini and Pablo Picasso
as well as from pre-Columbian art. His works have a
clear identity. The uniqueness of the structure of
the fractured cast surface contrasts boldly with the
sections with polished surfaces. Light, reflection
and immateriality play a very important role. The
topic here is the myth of horse and man, depicted
between joy and pain.
Date of creation: 1988 Material: Bronze
Ownership: Municipality of Vaduz
Gottfried Honegger (*1917; †2016 in Zurich, Switzerland)
Gottfried Honegger completed an apprenticeship as a window
dresser. From 1958 to 1960 he was Art Director at J. R. Geigy AG,
New York. His first solo exhibition was hosted by the Martha
Jackson Gallery in New York in 1959. From 1960 to 1997 he
worked in Paris, and after 1997 in Cannes. In 2001 he was awarded
the order of the Légion d’honneur. Gottfried Honegger
is one of the most important European artists of the 20 th and
21 st centuries.
Nag Arnoldi (*1928; †2017 in Lugano, Switzerland)
Nag Arnoldi was one of the most important Swiss sculptors.
He lived and worked near Lugano, and also owned ateliers in
Venice and Mexico. As a painter, potter, graphic artist and sculptor
he created a great many works of art. He was a lecturer at
the School of Applied Arts in Lugano. Nag Arnoldi received
numerous awards and his large-scale bronzes are exhibited in
many public and private places and buildings.

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RECLINING
WOMAN
Fernando Botero
LA PUERTA DE
LA LIBERTAD II
Eduardo Chillida
“Art is always an exaggeration of reality, its colour, its
form, its spiritual meaning”, said Fernando Botero
when asked about the sprawling forms of his figures
that are characteristic of both his painting and his
sculptures. In his works, Botero visualises the sensuality,
beauty and fertility of women.
Date of creation: 1993 Material: Bronze
Ownership: Kunstmuseum Liechtenstein, Vaduz /
Donation of Lampadia Stiftung, Vaduz,
in memoriam Bob Glynn, President, 2002
With “La Puerta de la Libertad II” (english: The Gate
of Freedom) Chillida plays with the motif of opening
door leaves. A pair of compact steel plates are con -
nected to each other by means of two angle brackets.
This creates – with angle brackets positioned slightly
asymmetrically – an empty inner space. The dark steel
plates open up the airy centre, focusing attention on
the expanse of nature. A gate that invites us to reflect
on inner and outer freedom.
Date of creation: 1983 Material: Corten steel
Ownership: Kunstmuseum Liechtenstein, Vaduz /
Purchased with funds from Lampadia Stiftung, Vaduz
Fernando Botero (*1932 in Medellín, Columbia)
Botero studied in Bologna, Florence and Madrid. He studied Francisco
de Goya and Diego Velázquez closely, and adopted their
technical perfection. In his paintings and sculptures we tend to
find thick-bodied, grotesque / naïve beings alone or in groups.
Gigantic women are juxtapositioned alongside men shrunken to
the size of dwarves. This volume stands for the presence of the
figures, which fill spaces and places. Yet they nevertheless convey
equilibrium and beauty. Botero has lived in New York since 1960.
Eduardo Chillida (*1924; †2002 in San Sebastián, Spain)
Eduardo Chillida was one of the 20th century’s pioneering
sculptors. The self-taught artist, who initially studied architecture,
cannot be assigned to any artistic movement. His
sculptures exude a strong symbolic power, often dedicated to
humanistic values such as tolerance, brotherhood, dialogue
or freedom. And they arise out of a close connection with the
natural environment: He was inspired mostly by the wind,
the sea or the horizon.

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AFRICAN KING
Gunther Stilling
Z-WÜRFEL
Georg Malin
The study of Graeco-Roman antiquity and the Italian
Renaissance, but also Mannerism and the Baroque,
have left their mark on Gunther Stilling’s work. Stilling
devotes a large part of his work to the human
head. His sculptures acquire additional dimensions
through sharp incisions, layering and geometric
additions. The “non finito” aspect of his works, the
alternating rough and smooth surfaces, visualise
transience, power and violence.
Date of creation: 2002 Material: Bronze
Ownership: Municipality of Vaduz
Looking at the Z-Würfel (“Z-Cube”), it becomes apparent
that the shaft of the letter connecting the
upper and lower crossbars is “incorrect”: Instead of
going from top right to bottom left, it connects
top left with bottom right. The Z is therefore reversed.
But when the viewer looks through the sculpture
to the opposite side of the cube, the letter Z can
be seen written correctly.
Date of creation: 1990 / 1997 Material: Chromium-nickel steel
Ownership: Kunstmuseum Liechtenstein, Vaduz
Gunther Stilling (*1943 in Srpski Miletic, Yugoslavia)
From 1964 to 1969 Stilling studied at the “Staatliche Akademie
der Bildenden Künste Stuttgart” and trained as a sculptor and
bronze caster. He has worked as a freelance sculptor since 1969.
He is a member of the Baden-Württemberg Artists’ Association
and has been Professor of Sculpture at the University of Applied
Sciences Kaiserslautern since 1979. In 1992 he became a lecturer
at the University of Karlsruhe as well as at the University of
Brighton, England.
Georg Malin (*1926 in Mauren, Liechtenstein)
Malin studied history, art history and philosophy, and then trained
as a sculptor in Zurich. From 1955 he worked as a freelance
artist and academic. From 1968 to 1995 he was the Conservator
of the Liechtenstein State Art Collection. Brancusi’s, Moore’s and
Arp’s sculptural solutions flow into his archetypal clear, organic
language of form. His major works revolve around the topic of
“becoming and passing away”. Parallel to this, he has also created
drawings and watercolours.

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SWISS
FOUNTAIN
Roman Signer
HARMONIEMUSIK
VADUZ
ANNIVERSARY
Evelyne Bermann
The Swiss Fountain, a gift from the Association of
the Swiss in Liechtenstein, does not represent a fountain
in the traditional sense, but rather a sculptural
installation that operates with water. In his work,
Signer shifts the accent of the perception of water
from the visible to the audible, thereby confining
the experience to an individual moment. A reference
to the local situation is also provided by the opening
of the steel walls at its centre.
Date of creation: 2003 Material: Chromium-steel plates,
reinforced concrete Ownership: Principality of Liechtenstein
Harmoniemusik Vaduz commissioned the sculpture
to mark its 150th anniversary. Different aspects such
as people, wind instruments, music, community and
joy were to find a balanced interplay in the sculpture.
In an orchestra, a large group of people make music
together. Everyone must treat each other with respect
and appreciation in order to succeed. It is this
attitude that has made it possible for an orchestra
like Harmoniemusik Vaduz to endure and provide
quality for 150 years.
Date of creation: 2013 Material: Acrylic glass
Ownership: Harmoniemusik Vaduz,
gifted by Honorary Chairman Prof. Dr. Dr. Herbert Batliner
Roman Signer (*1938 in Appenzell, Switzerland)
Signer studied at the School of Design in Zurich from 1966,
at the School of Design in Lucerne from 1969 to 1971 and then
for a year at the Academy of Arts in Warsaw, Poland. He has
received several awards as a freelance artist. Signer’s “action
sculptures” entail setting up and conducting experiments.
Their execution is precisely planned and documented and
usually results in explosions, collisions and the trajectory of
objects through space.
Evelyne Bermann (*1950 in Zurich, Switzerland)
Evelyne Bermann studied graphic design at the Zurich University
of the Arts from 1967 to 1972. She then worked as a graphic designer
in ateliers in Amsterdam, Geneva and Tel Aviv. From 1992
onwards, she devoted herself to free artistic creativity, primarily
applying techniques of fire enamel, synthetic resin lacquers,
coloured transparent acrylic glass, installation and photography.
As a winner of competitions, she realised large art projects in
public spaces in Liechtenstein. Evelyne Bermann lives in Schaan.

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MATTA-BOTE
Herbert Fritsch
FIGURE IN A
SHELTER
Henry Moore
The bronze stele is formally based on an important
archaeological find in the Principality of Liechtenstein
from 1958, the iron sword dating from the La Tène
period, from Alpe Matta, above Malbun. The artist
describes his sculpture as a symbol that is intended
to link the old to the new and the historical to the
present.
Date of creation: 2006 / 2007 Material: Bronze
Ownership: Liechtenstein National Museum,
gifted by the Martin Hilti Family Foundation
Two fragmented and offset shells form the laterally
open shelter; a third smaller and clearly figurative
element can be read as a standing female torso. Interpretation
of the piece as a maternal woman is evident,
although Moore has refrained from embodying
a child and only the swaying movement of the large
diagonal fold in front of the body suggests his recurring
mother and child motif.
Date of creation: 1983 Material: Bronze
Ownership: Kunstmuseum Liechtenstein, Vaduz /
Purchased with funds from Lampadia Stiftung, Vaduz
Herbert Fritsch (*1925 in Düns, Austria;
† 2007 in Feldkirch, Austria)
The qualified teacher studied in Vienna from 1974 to 1980 at the
Academy of Fine Arts under Maximilian Melcher. He produced
graphic works inspired by sagas from Vorarlberg in the years 1972
to 1975. From 1975 he created cycles in ceramic gold painting.
Herbert Fritsch’s work was greatly influenced by visits to Greece
and Morocco in the 1980’s.
Henry Moore (*1898 in Castleford, England;
†1986 in Much Hadham, England)
From 1919 to 1924 Moore studied at the Leeds School of Art and
the Royal College of Art in London, where he taught sculpture
until 1932. Until 1939 he was head of the Dep. of Sculpture that
he established at Chelsea School of Art in London. His study of
archaic and Mayan art at the British Museum influenced his
work, as did the works of Masaccio, Michelangelo and Cézanne.

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DAS GEBET
Heinz Mack
RHEINBERGER
MONUMENT
Franz Marcel Fischer
The black, crystalline granite from Norway, which is
over 400 million years old, contains ore minerals
that refracts light. The special artistic treatment of
the stone enhances this effect even further, and
is known as “light in the stone”. This establishes a
symbolic relationship with Liechtenstein. “Das
Gebet” (“The Prayer”) was donated to the country
by the Propter Homines Foundation on the occasion
of the 200 th anniversary of the sovereignty of
the Principality of Liechtenstein (1806 – 2006).
Date of creation: 1994 Material: Black granite
Ownership: Principality of Liechtenstein
The monument to the composer Josef Gabriel Rheinberger
(1839 – 1901) was made in 1939 / 1940 on the
occasion of Rheinberger’s 100 th birthday and erected
near the musician’s birthplace (St. Florinsgasse 1).
The larger-than-life portrait bust, cast in bronze by
O. Jäckle, stands on a stone console attached to a
wall of rust-red quartzite. To the left is a relief panel
with a harp symbolising music, to the right an
inscription panel in Colomvbey stone with information
about the installation of the monument and
about the subject.
Date of creation: 1940 Material: Bronze
Ownership: Principality of Liechtenstein
Heinz Mack (*1931 in Lollar / Hessen, Germany)
The central artistic themes of Heinz Mack are: light, movement,
structures, space and time. In 1953 the artist completed his
studies at the State Arts Academy in Düsseldorf, and in 1956
graduated in philosophy at the University of Cologne. From
1964 to 1966, the artist lived and worked in New York. Since 1967
he has worked and lived at Huppertzhof in Mönchengladbach,
and in 1989 he opened a second studio in Ibiza.
Franz Marcel Fischer (*1900 in Prague, Czechoslovakia;
†1980 in Zurich, Switzerland)
Fischer was born in Prague to Swiss parents. From 1916 to 1917 he
attended the Zurich School of Arts and Crafts, followed by an
apprenticeship as a stonemason in Lugano. From 1921 to 1923 he
completed the master class at the Academy in Rome. Fischer was
awarded the Conrad Ferdinand Meyer Prize in 1939. Fischer’s
motifs are the human being as an existential figure, as a portrait
bust or in the group context of their social environment.

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FERDINAND NIGG
MONUMENT
Martin Frommelt
THE LATE
PRINCELY COUPLE
Bertrand Freiesleben
Ferdinand Nigg lived from 1865 to 1949 and was the
most important Liechtenstein contemporary artist.
Houses or walls of interiors are often the background
for depictions of people and animals in Nigg’s works
and the monument reflects this spatial quality. Drawing
upon Nigg’s “Würfelstudien” (“Cube Studies”),
which explore the multifaceted nature of “walls” by
superimposing several layers of elements, the proposal
for a walk-in concrete sculpture was developed.
To mark the 70 th wedding anniversary of Prince Franz
Josef II and Princess Gina of Liechtenstein, the
two busts created by the Berlin-based artist Bertrand
Freiesleben were unveiled in autumn 2013.
Date of creation: 2013 Material: Bronze
Ownership: Municipality of Vaduz and Princely House
Date of creation: 2019 Material: Concrete
Ownership: Principality of Liechtenstein
Martin Frommelt (*1933 in Schaan, Liechtenstein)
Frommelt trained as a sculptor for three years with his uncle, the
priest, politician and artist Anton Frommelt. From 1952 to 1962
he pursued his study of art at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris.
His first graphic work “Die Apokalypse nach Johannes” (“The Apocalypse
According to St. John”), took some ten years to complete,
and appeared in the year 1970. Further works followed. Frommelt,
an expert on the works of Ferdinand Nigg, conceived, designed
and created the monument in collaboration with Florin Frick.
Bertrand Freiesleben (*1967 in Lübeck, Germany)
Freiesleben studied sculpture in Kiel from 1988 to 1990. Following
this, he travelled to New York, where he worked exclusively
with conceptual art. Back in Germany, he studied art history
and philosophy at the Free University in Berlin from 1992 to 1998.
Since the mid-1990’s, Freiesleben has focused primarily on
portrait sculpture. As a chronicler, he works with live models and
develops thematic portrait series with personalities.

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ZWEI
LICHT-PRISMEN
Heinz Mack
ALMA
Gerry Mayer
The two stelae with a triangular layout are made of
coloured, specially coated glass (“Two Light Prisms”).
This changes its appearance in many ways with the
changing light conditions as well as with the position
of the viewer. The glass sculptures reflect the
entire environment, causing changes and refractions.
The stelae document a new, different reality at a
central location in Vaduz.
The artist Gerry Mayer describes his work Alma as
“the nourishing, the spiritually nourishing, the soul,
the spirit, the rich . . .”.
Date of creation: 2010 Material: Fine concrete, bronze finish
Ownership: Loaned by Galerie Altesse, Nendeln Liechtenstein
Date of creation: 2002 Material: Glass
Ownership: Dr. Ludwig Marxer Familienstiftung, Vaduz
Heinz Mack (*1931 in Lollar / Hessen, Germany)
The central artistic themes of Heinz Mack are: light, movement,
structures, space and time. In 1953 the artist completed his
studies at the State Arts Academy in Düsseldorf, and in 1956
graduated in philosophy at the University of Cologne. From
1964 to 1966, the artist lived and worked in New York. Since 1967
he has worked and lived at Huppertzhof in Mönchengladbach,
and in 1989 he opened a second studio in Ibiza.
Gerry Mayer (*1960 in Lustenau, Austria)
Having trained as an engineer, he produced his first sketches and
sculptures in 1976. He studied in Buenos Aires, Argentina from
1982 to 1984. From 1985 to 1997, Mayer focused on subject-specific
art studies in North and South America, Asia and Europe. Since
1998 he has participated in a series of art exhibitions throughout
Austria, solo and group exhibitions in Austria, the USA, Germany,
Switzerland and Liechtenstein. Some of his works are exhibited
at the Altesse Gallery in Nendeln, Liechtenstein.

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FRÜHLINGS-
ERWACHEN
FauZie As’Ad
RECLINING
FIGURE
Hugo Marxer
In 1997, at the recommendation of VP Bank Kunststiftung,
which was founded in 1996, Verwaltungsund
Privat-Bank AG (VP Bank) in Vaduz awarded
As’Ad its cultural scholarship. This enabled him to
embark on study trips to Paris, London and Berlin as
well as to spend several months at the Luigi Corsanini
Laboratory of Sculpture in Carrara (Italy), where
he studied marble working under the Liechtenstein
sculptor Hugo Marxer. The most important work
of this creative period is the sculpture “Frühlingserwachen”
(“Spring Awakening”).
The sculpture draws upon Chac Mool figures from
the Maya-Toltec culture, around the 10th to 13 th
centuries, which Henry Moore adapted for his female
reclining figures from the end of the 1920’s and
further developed over decades. For subsequent generations
of sculptors, the “reclining figure” became
an important elemental type of sculptural rendering
of the human form.
Date of creation: 2006 Material: Carrara marble
Ownership: ATU Allgemeines Treuunternehmen
Date of creation: 1997 Material: Carrara marble
Ownership: VP Bank Art Foundation, Vaduz
FauZie As’Ad (*1968 in Bekasi, West Java)
From 1987 to 1988, As’Ad studied interior design at the private
Interior Design Academy in Jakarta with a scholarship from the
Pro Patria Foundation. He then moved to Yogyakarta – Indonesia’s
cultural and educational centre – in 1989. There he studied fine
arts with a focus on sculpture at the Indonesian Institute of the
Arts. In 1993 he relocated to Eschen, Liechtenstein. FauZie As’Ad
works in his own studios in Schaan, Liechtenstein and Yogyakarta.
Hugo Marxer (*1948 in Eschen, Liechtenstein)
Hugo Marxer has many talents, including painting and printmaking,
and his artistic journey was set by studies at international
academies and by his encounter with the sculptor Henry
Moore. He spent decades in his atelier in Tuscany – inspired by
the famous marble quarries in Carrara. As a stone sculptor in the
school of contemporary modernism, Marxer creates sculptures
primarily from marble, granite, lava stone and sandstone.

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PHOENIX
Doris Bühler
QUO VADIS
EQUUS
Gerry Mayer
Doris Bühler declares: “As an artist, I am most interested
in the nature of human beings. The strength
and beauty of the human body is what captivates
and engages me above all. I always use the human
body when endeavouring to wrest the deepest
secrets from nature and express them through my
works. Since birds always appeared first after the
flooding of the Nile, the Ancient Egyptians associated
Phoenix with the annually renewing Osiris.
The Phoenix symbolises eternal life, resurrection
and life after death.”
Date of creation: 2003 Material: Bronze
Ownership: Municipality of Vaduz
The artist Gerry Mayer describes his work as follows:
“Themis, goddess of divine justice, wisdom to see the
future. The daughter Dike, goddess of worldly justice
as Justitia, watching over her daughter Hesychia,
observing and trusting her actions. The child Hesychia,
in pursuit of tranquillity and innermost contemplation,
the rearing horse, pronoun of omnipresent
presence, soothes, exhorting the passage of time to
peace.”
Date of creation: 2017 Material: Bronze
Ownership: Mag. Gerd Jelenik
Doris Bühler (*1970 in Vaduz, Liechtenstein)
After studying art at Wheaton College in Massachusetts, USA
and at the Sorbonne in Paris, Doris Bühler studied sculpture
in collaboration with the Russian artist Moses Altshuler at Skylight
Studios in Boston. In May 2000, she graduated from the
New York Academy of Figurative Arts with a Master of Fine Arts
in Sculpture. Her works revolve around themes such as
movement, perspectives and perceptions.
Gerry Mayer (*1960 in Lustenau, Austria)
Having trained as an engineer, he produced his first sketches and
sculptures in 1976. He studied in Buenos Aires, Argentina from
1982 to 1984. From 1985 to 1997, Mayer focused on subject-specific
art studies in North and South America, Asia and Europe. Since
1998 he has participated in a series of art exhibitions throughout
Austria, solo and group exhibitions in Austria, the USA, Germany,
Switzerland and Liechtenstein. Some of his works are exhibited
at the Altesse Gallery in Nendeln, Liechtenstein.

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BEERENFRUCHT
Georg Malin
“Berry fruit” – the solid, greenish-black block of stone
is subdivided on each side by deep horizontal and
vertical incisions, the outer surfaces of each part are
curved in different ways and separated from each
other by edges of varying sharpness and pattern. A
diverse interplay of light reflections and shadows
is created on the smoothly polished surface of the
stone – a heterogeneous structure of partially
green-coloured basaltic rock and mineral splinters.
Date of creation: 1980 / 1981 Material: Greenstone, ground
and polished Ownership: Kunstmuseum Liechtenstein, Vaduz /
Donated by the Erna Maschke Stiftung, Vaduz
Georg Malin (*1926 in Mauren, Liechtenstein)
Malin studied history, art history and philosophy, and then trained
as a sculptor in Zurich. From 1955 he worked as a freelance
artist and academic. From 1968 to 1995 he was the Conservator
of the Liechtenstein State Art Collection. Brancusi’s, Moore’s and
Arp’s sculptural solutions flow into his archetypal clear, organic
language of form. His major works revolve around the topic of
“becoming and passing away”. Parallel to this, he has also created
drawings and watercolours.

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CULTURE IN VADUZ
Kunstmuseum Liechtenstein
with Hilti Art Foundation
Städtle 32
9490 Vaduz
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Liechtenstein NationalMuseum
Städtle 43
9490 Vaduz
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Liechtenstein PostalMuseum
Städtle 37
9490 Vaduz
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Liechtenstein TreasureChamber
Städtle 37
9490 Vaduz
www.landesmuseum.li
We wish to thank the Municipality of Vaduz, the National
Administration of the Principality of Liechtenstein, ATU
Allgemeines Treuhandunternehmen, Gallerie am Lindenplatz,
Kunstmuseum Liechtenstein, Harmoniemusik Vaduz and
the artist Gerry Mayer for their assistance in compiling information
for this sculpture guide.

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