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16/9/2000

Dan Graham

Wanas Foundation, Knislinge

Two different anamorphic surfaces.

Dan Graham visited Wanas 1996 and immediately started working on a pavilion to be placed in the English park surrounding the Wanas castle. He made a model for the pavilion " Two Different Anamorphic Surfaces ". The pavilion is planned to be 2.4 meters high and measuring a length across in the middle of 5.5 meters. The walls are curved, creating an intimate space in the middle with a narrow opening. Dan Graham chosed a spectacular site for his two way mirror pavilion. Placed right by the lake, the water as well as the trees and the white castle, built in the 15th century, will be reflected in the walls. It is a dramatic site which will highten the interaction between sculpture, buildings, nature and visitors.

As director of the Wanas Foundation I have for a long time worked on the pavilion project by Dan Graham. His work differ from the other permanent pieces in the park. Dan Graham"s pavilion does not follow the tradition of Nordic romanticism which is clearly represented in the park by Per Kirkeby"s brick sculpture. Dan Graham pavilion will allure the visitors to interaction as well as creating a meetingplace. Boldly placed on the big lawn it will be seen from a far. Its reflective glass walls mirror everything around it, and the pavilion does not look like a foreign element in the park but enters into a natural dialogue with its surroundings. Though parks are nature in the biological sense, in no way are they wild nature. Rather, they are man-made.

As long as parks have existed, have they been places for art. The function of park, art and landscaping naturally has changed through the centuries. Today, the general attitude seems to be that the art, like the park itself, should be an object of contemplation for the visitor. However, that"s not the case with Dan Graham"s pavilions. Its uncluttered aesthetics may have a meditative quality, but the pavilion by its variable exterior also reproduces the beat of the surrounding visitors.

The pavilion "Two Different Anamorphic Surfaces" is a dream project for Wanås by a well known international artist realised in collaboration with the Cultural Bridge 2000 foundation. The project will be inaugurated Sept. 17th 2000 at 2pm by the american ambassador Lyndon L Olson Jr.

Marika Bauer Wachtmeister
Director of the Wanås foundation

More info http://www.kulturbro.com

Stieftelsen Wanas Utstallningar
The Wanas Foundation
289 21 Knislinge, Sweden
tel +46 44 660 71, 660 62
fax +46 44 660 18

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