Stephen J. Kaltenbach: TIME CAPSULES (1967 present) September 13 October 17, 2008 Visual tour of the exhibition another year in LA Click on the gallery logo above to continue When finished, touch ESC on your keyboard
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Stephen J. Kaltenbach: TIME CAPSULES (1967 present) TIME CAPSULES statement by Stephen Kaltenbach The idea for these works was generated without apparent conceptual lineage while I was a grad student. Like a number of subsequent works I didn t start making these objects until I had developed some understanding of what I was doing with them and how they linked to other works with similar dynamics. This was a year or so later after I had moved to NYC. At the time I made the first capsule I had begun working on pieces that were each targeted at a specific group. Some Click of these on an groups artist were name artists, above art writers to and see historians, their works my students, in the museums exhibition or collectors, and sometimes those who were literally the man on the street, the unprepared viewer, a person who was not aware that they were looking at art. Or This idea of the target audience was part of my interest in pushing minimalism to the limits of what I could imagine. I sought Click to increase on RedYellowBlue the involvement of the audience, above or receiver, to begin of conceptual the tour information. By doing this, it made it possible to decrease the work done by me, the artist. For example, Modern Draperies, a soft sculpture, with installation left my studio views with instruction and the that ability it was to to be arranged view close-up and installed detail by the photos curator/gallerist/collector as they wished. By relegating and delaying the complete picture of what the work was about, I made it possible for the viewer to increase his/her involvement with the work. The hidden part, the potential, of what was there would be supplied by the viewer s imagination. Click here to continue reading Kaltenbach s artist statement
Stephen J. Kaltenbach: TIME CAPSULES (1967 present) For the Time Capsules, there were several target audiences. First was the curator or collector. They were and still are faced with the choice of having minimal information about the work or of having to go against everything their training and good sense has always dictated: preserve the work; basically, never saw it in two. The second target group was the writer/historian. They were encouraged to do what they like to do best: mount investigations into the probable dynamics and content of these pieces. But for them, in a sense, history would be running backwards. Instead of artist s motives and intentions fading through time into the past, this information was waiting to be discovered in the future by simply following the artist s instructions. Certainly art viewers would be at the receiving end of this secretive work as well. My thought was that they would be given free rein to use their imagination to complete the work; a minimal piece indeed. I and my reputation were the last perceived targets of the work because of the possible actions, or lack thereof, elicited by these pieces. I was interested to see whether a work, which maintained secrecy over time, would hold its interest until it was opened or if it was never opened. I also wondered if it would look like a dodge of art criticism. Then there was the question of how the content of each capsule would affect others. If one were opened what would it do to the perceptions of others? These time delay works were all in agreement with a protocol I was operating under which I referred to as opposite actions. Obviously, one of my primary interests was to initiate original movement in the flow of art world ideation. One of the most likely ways to cause this, I decided, was to isolate natural actions, and then try to find a way of doing, making, or being that was most unlike that; for example, hiding instead of showing. The Time Capsules fit that very well. - Stephen J. Kaltenbach Click here to go back to the menu Click here to go to the Visual Tour
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INVERTED OBSERVER Stephen J. Kaltenbach 5 x 5 x 5, steel, price on request
ESTEEMED VISITANT Stephen J. Kaltenbach 5 x 5 x 5, steel, price on request
FUGITIVE IMAGE Stephen J. Kaltenbach 5 x 5 x 5, steel, price on request
KLEINES KLOSTER Stephen J. Kaltenbach 5 x 5 x 5, steel, price on request
WISDOM Stephen J. Kaltenbach 3 x 3 x 3, copper & gold, price on request
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OPEN AFTER JAN. 1. 2100 A.D. whereabouts unknown available for sale OPEN AFTER JAN. 1. 2050 A.D. Private Collection, Germany Collection, UC Davis OPEN AFTER JAN. 1. 2000 A.D. Collection, Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin College, Ohio Return to Installation View
MOMENT Stephen J. Kaltenbach 10 7/8 x 10 7/8 x 4, steel, price on request
PRESENT Stephen J. Kaltenbach 10 7/8 x 10 7/8 x 4, steel, price on request
ROSETTA Stephen J. Kaltenbach 10 7/8 x 10 7/8 x 8, steel, price on request
CONTENT Stephen J. Kaltenbach 10 7/8 x 10 7/8 x 4, steel, price on request
LIGHT WEIGHT Stephen J. Kaltenbach 10 7/8 x 10 7/8 x 4, steel, price on request
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BRUCE NAUMAN RETAIN POSSEION OF THIS CAPSULE DO NOT OPEN UNTIL NOTIFIED Stephen J. Kaltenbach 3 x 3 x 12, steel, collection of Bruce Nauman
BARBARA ROSE PLEASE OPEN THIS CAPSULE WHEN IN YOUR OPINION I HAVE ATTAINED NATIONAL PROMINIENCE AS AN ARTIST STEPHEN KALTENBACH replica, photograph by Stephen Kaltenbach MUSEUM OF MODERN ART TO BE OPENED AT THE REQUEST OR DEATH OF STEPHEN KALTENBACH replica, photograph by Stephen Kaltenbach
OPEN AFTER MY DEATH Stephen J. Kaltenbach 3 x 3 x 6, mild steel, price on request
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OPEN Stephen J. Kaltenbach 3 x 3 x 12, engraved stainless steel multiple with signed & numbered exhibition poster inside, ed. of 50 - $100 Click here to order now
ONLY OWNER MAY OPEN Stephen J. Kaltenbach 5 x 5 x 5, cardboard & unknown contents, 10 unique examples, p.o.r.
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LUCESCIT Stephen J. Kaltenbach 5 1/2 x 5 1/2 x 14 3/4, aluminum, price on request
BURY WITH THE ARTIST AND NOTHING OF GREAT VALUE Stephen J. Kaltenbach 5 x 5 x 2 3/4, each, aluminum, price on request
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OBJECT FOR INVESTIGATION #3 Stephen J. Kaltenbach 8 x 8 x 8, foam, price on request
OBJECT FOR INVESTIGATION #4 Stephen J. Kaltenbach 8 x 8 x 8, foam, price on request
PRICELESS Stephen J. Kaltenbach 7 1/4 x 7 1/4 x 7 1/4, ABS plastic, price on request
WORTHLESS Stephen J. Kaltenbach 7 1/4 x 7 1/4 x 7 1/4, ABS plastic, price on request
LUCERNA GRAVITAS Stephen J. Kaltenbach 8 x 8 x 8, steel, price on request
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OPEN BEFOR MY RETROSPECTIVE AT POMPIDOU CENTER Stephen J. Kaltenbach 23 3/4 x 10 x 10, steel, price on request
OPEN BEFOR MY RETROSPECTIVE AT THE TATE IN LONDON Stephen J. Kaltenbach 23 3/4 x 10 x 10, steel, price on request
OPEN BEFOR MY RETROSPECTIVE AT MOMA IN NEW YORK Stephen J. Kaltenbach 23 3/4 x 10 x 10, steel, price on request
OPEN BEFOR MY RETROSPECTIVE AT THE STAATLICHE MUSEUM IN BERLIN Stephen J. Kaltenbach 23 3/4 x 10 x 10, steel, price on request
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