Client: Olbrich Botanical Garden
Location: Madison, WI, United States
Completion date: 2018
Artwork budget: $6,000
Project Team
Artist
Matthias Neumann
normaldesign
Public Art Agent
Melissa Jeanne
Olbrich Botanical Garden
Industry Resource
Ben Olds
Reinders
Overview
“Basics #27” is part of an ongoing series of public interventions under the title “Basics”, exploring an abstracted notion of form, space and utility in public sculpture. The work wants to be experienced both as an abstract sculptural gesture in dialogue with its environment and as a usable and interactive spatial installation in the public realm. Initially conceived as part of a larger museum installation at the National Museum of Contemporary Art in Bucharest, Romania, the series has since had a substantial number of iterations throughout the US.
Goals
“Basics #27” was commissioned by Olbrich Botanical Garden, Madison, Wisconsin, as a contribution to GLEAM, a 3 month exhibition in the botanical gardens. “Basics #27” follows the formal language and spatial intention of the work series, but was conceived in response to the particular site within the Botanical Garden.
Process
The work was assembled and installed on site by the artist in two days, constructed out of 2x4 construction lumber. De-installation and re-cycling of the wood for reuse was handled by the staff of Olbrich Botanical Gardens.