Mitten durchs Herz/Right through the Heart

In Gott­fried Bechtold’s  Mit­ten durchs Herz (Right through the heart) the­mes such as reli­gi­on and phy­sics col­li­de, orga­nic and inor­ga­nic mate­ri­als meld, oppo­sing for­ces sei­ze hold of the space. In the publi­ca­ti­on accom­pany­ing the exhi­bi­ti­on at Kunst­raum Dorn­birn the inter­na­tio­nal­ly renow­ned Vor­arl­berg artist addres­ses, with his radi­cal rese­arch approach, tech­no­lo­gy, myth, death and over­co­m­ing gravity.

Gott­fried Bech­told was born in 1947 in Bre­genz. He initi­al­ly trai­ned to be a ston­e­ma­son in Hal­lein and sub­se­quent­ly spent con­si­derable peri­ods in Gre­at Bri­tain, the USA and Cana­da. His works have been shown in nume­rous exhi­bi­ti­ons, for instance the docu­men­ta in Kas­sel in 1972. The artist works in Hör­branz and Bre­genz, taking an expe­ri­men­tal approach to expan­ding the con­cept of art. He is par­ti­cu­lar­ly inte­res­ted in phy­si­cal phe­no­me­na, the trans­fer of rea­li­ty in media, the mytho­lo­gy of the auto­mo­bi­le and the idea of time and motion.
Aus­stel­lung im Kunst­raum Dorn­birn 9. Sep­tem­ber – 4. Dezem­ber 2016
Text: Sylvia Tara­ba, Ingrid Adamer
Buchgestaltung/Book Design: Sägenvier/Proxi.me
Zustand: sehr gut