As part of ICI’s Curator’s Perspective—an itinerant public discussion series featuring national and international curators—Britta Peters and Kasper König will present on the 2017 edition of the Skulptur Projekte Münster. König is Artistic Director and Peters is Curator of Skulptur Projekte 2017.
From June 10 to October 1, 2017, about 30 new works will be on display all over the city of Münster, ranging from sculpture to performative art in public spaces.
The history of Skulptur Projekte Münster is closely linked with the idea of creating a public not just with but also for art. The exhibition was started in 1977 and takes place every ten years. Its concept, which has remained essentially unchanged over the past decades, reflects the ideas of the participating artists; the curatorial team invites artists from all over the globe to explore the relationship between art, public space, and the urban environment, and to develop new, site-specific works. Selected projects inscribe themselves in the structural, historical and societal contexts of the city, while also pointing beyond the specific site: themes related to the global present and reflections on contemporary concepts of sculpture are as much an integral part of the artistic inquiries as investigation into the basic parameters of publicness and the public realm.
Britta Peters and Kasper König will give a brief introduction into the history of the exhibition and discuss the plans for the next edition in 2017.
Hosted by The Center for the Humanities and The James Gallery at The Graduate Center, CUNY.
This event is free and open to the public. To attend, please RSVP to rsvp@curatorsintl.org with MÜNSTER in the subject line.
