Relating contemporary work to Krauss Sculpture in the Expanded Field

Manfred Pernice at Kunstmuseum St. Gallen

The work displayed in this photo is immediately relatable to several concepts discussed in Krauss' article. As an object it reads in architecturally. As a sculpture, it exhibits a clear cohesion of the concept of base or pedestal into its design. Not only does it acknowledge, activate, and interact with its context; it also references building materials. The set of spiral stairs which run central to the piece are left without an obvious physical function, and communicate with all other elements in the surrounding, working in contrast with the pre-existing architecture, and the audience. This action is comparable to that of the ladder and beam supports utilized in Mary Miss Parameters/Pavilions/Decoys, which is depicted at the beginning of Sculpture in the Expanded Field.