06 The 17-Part

In 2007, Herbert Meusburger was invited by the Pinakothek der Moderne in Munich to present his works, becoming only the second Austrian after Arnulf Rainer to receive this honor. For this exhibition, he created a sculpture intended for a very specific location—a space that presented certain unique characteristics and constraints.

Herbert Meusburger solved this challenge with a 17-part work that was installed in Munich in an open form, in a zigzag pattern, so to speak.

Two years later, he presented the sculpture at the Kulturzentrum Pregarten in Bruckmühle, Upper Austria, in the form that can also be seen here in the Guth Garden—as two spaces facing each other, connected yet defining separate areas. The variable form of this system once again demonstrates the brilliance inherent in Herbert Meusburger’s work.

Two spaces that simultaneously separate and connect.

A transformable system.