To mark the finale of the “Krauthügel Art Project”, Paul Wallach, an American in Paris (*1960), deliberately lets an immense star fall into the landscape. Long rows of white concrete blocks extend across an area measuring 40×45 metres. Only when viewed from a bird’s eye perspective, from the Hohensalzburg Castle, does the installation start to take shape, and the geometric composition reveals itself to be a four-pointed, star-shaped structure. Universal spatial conceptions are inversed as the star shines upwards from the ground. Thus in order to appreciate the full impact of the work, visitors must seek a higher vantage point. Seen from close proximity, however, the lines resolve into solid forms, and the „drawing“ into a sculpture. Read more.

Paul Wallach was born in New York in 1960. He has become well-acquainted with the city of Salzburg since his Artist in Residency (Leube) in 1996. In 2003 he entered the competition for the World Trade Center Memorial. His sculptures have been featured in exhibitions from New York, Paris to Vienna and Berlin. Paul Wallach lives and works in Paris.