Friday 8 May - Friday 10 July

The Gallery@ is delighted to present the second exhibition in its’ programme of contemporary  exhibitions. This shows charts the work of  Walter Giers acclaimed international artist based in the town twinned with    Barnsley, Schwäbisch Gmünd. Born in   Germany in 1937, Giers uses optical and acoustical elements that combine to produce stunning  art pieces, that are on the border line between graphic art, music and technology.

Giers over the years has been inspired by Constructivism and Kinetic Art and also by the sculpture of Naum Garbo and Heinz Mack through to the metamechanic artist Jean Tinguely.

              

Credit Right to Left: Kleine blaue Musik. 1990. Museum im Prediger Schwäbisch Gmünd, Schieberegister 1973, Meisterstuck 1961.

Heavily based around the use of random number  generators and interactive systems, the artworks have an ever growing number of new variations produced by the sophisticated electronic workings and unpredictable      internal dynamics.

Throughout his career Giers has   received innumerable awards, decorations and honours for his artwork. In 2007 former German Secretary  of State, Rudolf Böhmler declared Giers to be an outstanding      German  artist: “Walter Giers has been an important   driving force behind  German  cultural life for decades. He is a brilliant German artist, highly deserving the credit for his commitment to our society and our commonwealth”

This exhibition brings together a collection of his work charting his creativity from the      earliest design items to his work today, transforming the gallery@ into a multi sensory     environment.