Arne Quinze - Signed: Cityscape, Brussels, 2008

Beautiful book signed in felt-tip pen by the artist on the title page. Text in English
Cityscape Arne Quinze : Die Gestalten Verlag, Berlin 2008 Large format hardback with dust jacket, 144 pages, richly illustrated, 35 × 31 cm.
Cityscape is a colossal wooden sculpture in the Louise district of Brussels. With this, the Belgian artist and designer Arne Quinze has shown how creative visions at the intersection of architecture, art, design and urban planning can have a social and structural impact. Cityscape, a sculpture that seems to float in the air, was built in just twenty days from more than 60 kilometers of wooden beams and 240,000 nails. While at first glance the construction appears chaotic and illegible, a closer look reveals the amazingly clear and defined forms. Cityscape has been enthusiastically received by local residents as well as avant-garde architects and design enthusiasts from all over the world. The book Cityscape presents the ambitious work of art in all its facets. In addition to compelling photos of both the construction process and the completed structure, Cityscape contains illuminating texts by design journalist Max Borka. His essays vividly describe how the project was developed from the artist's initial vision to execution and reception. The Cityscape sculpture gives new life to a once stagnant urban landscape. In the long run, the unconventional artistic energy of such projects will open up new possibilities for additional forms of urban planning.