Skulptur Projekte, Munster, Germany
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24/07/17 - Every 10 years since 1977, in the city of Munster, Skulpture Projekte presents the works of several international artists. The event focuses, particularly, on Contemporary sculpture and performances developed exclusively outdoors throughout the city, allowing a direct approach of the people.
This summer 30 artists were invited to participate, displaying their artworks temporarily in different spots.
Some sculptures of past exhibitions still remain, so we find an artwork interacting with the city with every step we take.
History From Below, by Silke Wagner (2007)
Sculpture in concrete, posters / Height: 3.4 mts
Skulptur projekte - Münster 07
Giant Pool Balls, by Claes Oldenburg (1977)
Installation with three concrete spheres of 3.5 mts (diameter) each one
Skulptur Ausstellung - Münster 1977I
100 Brazos de Guanyin, by Huang Yong Ping (1977)
Steel in the shape of a bottle rinser / 50 arms 6 mts tall
This year one of the projects is exhibited right in the commercial heart of the city, in the front patio of Erbdrostenhof palace and and it's a complex object by artist Nairy Baghramiam which contrasts with the building's architecture.
Beliebte Stellen / Privileged Points, by Nairy Baghramian (2017)
Materials: Lacquered bronze,
metal, lashing chain, tensioning devices, rubber
Skulptur Projekte 2017
The sculpture by American artist Justin Matherly simulates a rock that fell from the sky. Its surface is broken and has holes. In spite of its weight, it looks light, as if it barely touched the ground. It's called "Nietzsche's stone" and, according to the artist, it's related to the philosopher's writings.
Nietzsche’s Rock, by Justin Matherly (2017)
Material: concrete, fibreglass, ambulatory equipment,
wood, metal / Medida: 350 × 700 cm
Skulptur Projekte 2017
The most ambitious project, however, is housed at an abandoned ice rink. Pierre Huyghes displays a biotechnological system that works with the surrounding architecture. The whole process, what the artwork is about, is developed independently, like in a biosphere. While a group of cells divide themselves in an incubator, the ceiling opens and closes in a rhythmic way, allowing the entrance of natural light. The artist moved the earth and created a steep landscape, where concrete mixes with the soil, the sand and the clay found below the ice rink. The space is inhabited by algae, bacteria and bee hives. Biology, architecture and landscape, together with the invisible process of cell division, are linked in a weak symbiosis. The installation in completed with an app you have to download and allows us to see strange virtual geometrical shapes on the ground. This is a complex piece, completely interrelated, which creates a surprising result.
After A Life Ahead, by Pierre Huyghes (2017)
Materials: concrete floor of ice rink, logic game,
ammoniac, sand, clay, phreatic water, bacteria, algae, bees, chimera peacocks,
aquarium, black switchable glass, Conus textile, GloFish, incubator, human
cancer cells, genetic algorithm, augmented reality, automated ceiling
structure, rain.
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