Manfred Kielnhofer’s Timeguards, the Foundation’s newest works, Cass Sculpture Foundation United Kingdom

Manfred Kielnhofer’s Timeguards, the Foundation’s newest works

Manfred Kielnhofer’s Timeguards, the Foundation’s newest arrivals, cut imposing figures in the Cass Sculpture Foundation’s woodland setting. This sinister group evokes many genres, from fantasy to mythology and the gothic, as a result of their sombre, shrouded forms. These necromantic figures, based upon the ancient theme of the ‘time guardian,’ depict beings from another realm who, in ancient cultures and civilisations, would have been deemed responsible for paranormal goings-on. …

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