Melanie Sterba - TAKE AWAY ART

Take Away Art
Mela­nie Sterba

As part of ART FLOW, artist Mela­nie Sterba has deve­lo­ped a pro­ject that ques­ti­ons both the public space and the eco­no­mic mecha­nisms of the art indus­try. ​“Take Away Art (Spe­cial Edi­tion ART FLOW)” com­pri­ses ten dif­fe­rent types of sculp­ture, which will be pro­du­ced in a total edi­tion of 10,000 pieces using the pewter cas­ting pro­cess and dis­tri­bu­ted throug­hout the Limmat Valley over a period of twelve months. Sterba pro­du­ces each indi­vi­dual minia­ture sculp­ture in her studio and places them in publicly acces­si­ble loca­ti­ons in the Limmat Valley.

Anyone who finds a Take Away Art sculp­ture can keep it or leave it where it is. Some place the art­works else­where – in ano­ther coun­try or even on ano­ther con­ti­nent. Others put them up at home, give them as gifts or start coll­ec­ting them. The finder can request a cer­ti­fi­cate of authen­ti­city via a QR code on the under­side of the base.

Mela­nie Sterba is an extra­or­di­nary phe­no­me­non in the cur­rent, highly digi­ta­li­zed art land­scape. As a trai­ned sculp­tor, she crea­tes her works by hand from clas­sic mate­ri­als such as wood, stone or metal. Each of her sculp­tures bears the visi­ble marks of the tools she uses – evi­dence of the dedi­ca­tion and authen­ti­city of her work. Each work of art is unique and repres­ents craft­sman­ship in its purest form.