marcus neustetter

Vision – Main Street Life

Digital prints, drawings and sculptural sketches towards a permanent installation on the roof of the new development: Main Street Life.

The public artwork aims to reflect on the aspirations of Johannesburg’s search beneath the surface through its goldmines, referenced here in the gear-head design, and the understanding of our planet and environment through studying our contemporary skies, such as through telescopes in the nearby Observatory. On looking through this proposed telescope on the roof of Main Street Life, the viewer will see a self-referential kaleidoscopic image. The artwork has been integrated into the branding of the building and design details and fabrication methodologies are being developed in further sketches and models towards realizing its production and installation.

the observatory in the making – solo exhibition

the observatory in the making
observation structures and sites of discovery

12 December 2009 – 23 January 2010

Marcus Neustetter’s third solo exhibition at GALLERY AOP pulls together various strands of the artist’s visual thinking. On show are a series of works that evolved from the work-in-progress sculptural installation at the Joburg Art Fair 2009, as well as various visual explorations of experiences in Sutherland in the Western Cape, which will culminate in his version of an ‘artist observatory’ to be constructed there.

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work in progress – Joburg Art Fair 2009

Installation at the Joburg Art Fair 2009
photograph by John Hodgkiss
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