Golden Nuggets

Ruth Schnell
© Golden Nuggets, 2012/2013InterventionDimensions variableStones, gold foil 24 carat ; Ruth Schnell
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Description
Intervention

At the bottom of the Silvretta reservoir dam unfolds a landscape that is touristically barely developed. Stones rupture the alpine turf.
Some of these stones were gilded in the artist's studio, shown in exhibitions and later returned to the landscape.
The works of the series 'Golden Nuggets' can be understood as an intervention at this location underneath the panorama- playing, on the one hand, with a possible history of the scattered stones as remnants of the dam construction. On the other hand, the dislocation of a stone, its subsequent modification and its re-naturation discuss questions of added value and social value construction.
Keywords
  • aesthetics
    • site-specific
  • genres
    • conceptual art
      • art interventions
    • installations
  • subjects
    • Nature and Environment
      • landscapes (environments)
Technology & Material
Installation Requirements / Space
Dimensions variable, site-specific to the Silvretta reservoir
Material
Stones, 24-carat gold foil
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