Skulptur Projekte Münster

Installation of Ilya Kabakov for Skulptur Projekte Münster 1997

Skulptur Projekte Münster (English: sculpture projects muenster) is an exhibition of sculptures in public places in the town of Münster (Germany). Held every ten years since 1977, the exhibition shows artworks for free in different places all over the town, thereby confronting art with public places.

The 4th exhibition took place from 16 June 2007 to 30 September 2007.

External links

• Homepage of Skulptur Projekte Münster
• [1]
  Review of Münster Sculpture Project 2007.
• artdoc.de Photo archive of Skulptur Projekte Münster 1997 and 2007

The story of the Sculpture Projecte in Münster goes back to the 1970s when George Rickey placed his kinetic sculpture, ”Drei rotierende Quadrate” in that German city. At the time there was a significant public outcry against placement of the artwork. To address this dissatisfaction, and to attempt to bridge understanding about art in public places Klaus Bussmann, then director of the Westfälisches Landesmuseum in Münster undertook a series of lectures and presentations in 1977 at the Westfälisches Landesmuseum.

• [2]- Image of George Rickey's "Drei rotierende Quadrate"

It was as an extension of this outreach program that the idea for the Münster Sculpture Project was born with Mr. Bussmann and kasper konig as the project’s founders. Although protests of the project followed in latter years the citizens of Münster eventually came to embrace the project, and are found today to be quite proud of it, celebrating its presence in the city, as well as understanding the economical benefit it brings to this rather small college town. The 100 day event takes place every 10 years, starting 30 years ago in 1977 and is coordinated to occur concurrent with the Documenta exhibition, which takes place in Kassel, Germany some 200 km or 125 miles away. The curatorial committee of the Sculpture Project rotates at each of its manifestations and is meant to highlight the best example of sculptural artworks and installations from a worldwide selection of artists. The most recent manifestation of the Sculpture Project, in the summer of 2007, was co-curated by Brigitte Franzen, Kasper Konig, and Carina Plath.

• [3]- Image of Andreas Siekmann’s "Trickle Down, Public Space in the Era of its Privatization" from Münster Sculpture Project 2007

• Wikipedia - George Rickey
• Sculpture Projects Muester 07, Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther König, Köln