Capri Moon, 2011

Bank: 100.0 x 400.0 cm

Physical Description: Aluminium, Stahl verzinkt, Epoxidharz-Verbundwerkstoff, UV- beständiger Industrie-Lack, Acrylglas, elektronische Steuerung, Leuchtmittel, Edelstahlseil, Kabel

Inventory Number: St.P656

Acquisition: Acquired in 2012 as a gift from private property

Status: Not on display

Texts

About the Work

A park bench in purist design on a circular pedestal, placed under a tree, with a large white ball above it in the crown of that tree, which begins to glow when the moon shines over Capri. Tobias Rehberger’s works move somewhere between art and design, they connect different places in the world: in this case the financial metropolis of Frankfurt with the Italian Mediterranean island, the place of longing for German vacation fantasies. By linking the most diverse places, symbols and emotions, Rehberger questions and ironizes historical and contemporary readings of Romanticism just as he seems to constantly expand and overcome the boundaries between art and design.

Work Data

Basic Information

Title: Capri Moon (Original Title)

Sculptor (male)

Tobias Rehberger

Period Produced

21st century

School

Object Type

sculpture

Physical Description: Aluminium, Stahl verzinkt, Epoxidharz-Verbundwerkstoff, UV- beständiger Industrie-Lack, Acrylglas, elektronische Steuerung, Leuchtmittel, Edelstahlseil, Kabel

Material

Technique

light installation

Property and Acquisition

Institution

Städel Museum

Departement

Contemporary Art 1945-present

Collection

Städelsches Kunstinstitut

Creditline: Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main

Picture Copyright: © Tobias Rehbeger

Acquisition: Acquired in 2012 as a gift from private property

Work Content

Motifs and References

Genre

concept

Main Motif

Persons Shown

Iconclass

Primary

5 Abstract Ideas and Concepts
41A723 bench
49D48 sphere, globe ~ stereometry
49D36 circle (~ planimetry, geometry)
22C4(WHITE) colours, pigments, and paints: white
61F(STÄDEL GARTEN (Frankfurt am Main)) names of historical buildings, sites, streets, etc. (STÄDEL GARTEN (Frankfurt am Main))
61F(STÄDEL MUSEUM (Frankfurt am Main)) names of historical buildings, sites, streets, etc. (STÄDEL MUSEUM (Frankfurt am Main))

Secondary

61E(FRANKFURT AM MAIN) names of cities and villages (FRANKFURT AM MAIN)
61D(CAPRI) geographical names of countries, regions, mountains, rivers, etc. (CAPRI) (CAPRI)