RINKE, KLAUS
1939 Wattenscheid
Title: Albert Einstein! Wann hält Baden-Baden an diesem Zug?.
Date: 1989/90.
Technique: Station clock, electrified, on wagons and rails.
Measurement: 125 x 97 x 81cm.
The sculpture is installed on approximately three to four metre long rails in the floor and connected to a centrally controlled master clock. The wooden trestles and rails of the interior installation in the MoMA, New York, are available. The work can be viewed in the greater Düsseldorf area on request.
Provenance:
- Private collection North Rhine-Westphalia (directly from the artist)
Exhibitions:
- Georgengarten, Hanover-Herrenhaus 1990
- The Museum of Modern Art, New York 2002
- Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen - K20, Düsseldorf 2013
Literature:
- Schmidt, Hans-Werner (ed.): Klaus Rinke - Retro Aktiv, Werkverzeichnis 1954-1991 der Malerei, Skulptur, Primärdemonstrationen, Fotografie und Zeichnungen ab 1980, cat. rais. no. 759, ill.
- Exhib. cat. Bis jetzt. Plastik im Außenraum der Bundesrepublik, Georgengarten, Hannover-Herrenhaus 1990, p. 283, ill.
- Exhib. cat. Tempo, The Museum of Modern Art, New York 2002, p. 24, ill.
- Exhib. cat. Die Bildhauer - Kunstakademie Düsseldorf 1945 bis heute, Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen - K20, Düsseldorf 2013, p. 213, ill.