sculpture network 15th anniversary

sculpture network celebrates 15 years! Time to look back on the success story that has made our network thrive. Our chairman, Ralf Kirberg, has given some thought to the history and vision of sculpture network. Read his thoughts about the past and his wishes for the future here.

Dear readers,
 
sculpture network turns 15 today. I have the pleasure and the honour to write to you on the occasion of this anniversary. For such an original organisation as we are it is a very important milestone to celebrate.
 
What started with a small group in January 2004, now counts 1000 members and thousands of interested people all over the world.
 
I have much to tell, but I shall be brief.
 
To connect creatively with people seems difficult in my experience, however, I always hear stories which claim the opposite.  Yesterday evening, the Marketing  Director of a Hamburg publishing house told me that a small sculpture was given to a departing, deserving employee, created by a sculptor who lives in a village in Upper Bavaria.  A coincidence, I had once mentioned this sculptor in a completely different context.
 
Our motto at sculpture network: We systemise coincidence! I can give you many examples of this happening over the years - you have to believe in it and open up the opportunities.

Robert Musil said, “What remains of art? We remain changed”. A short sentence, but to the point, describing our daily activities by networking, drawing attention, encouraging reflection, provoking contradiction, enjoying the beautiful things of existence and the possibilities of our cultural world. We pave the way for each other, locally, regionally, internationally and trans-continentally.  

We experience this very significantly every year at start - our International Celebration for Contemporary Sculpture - this year on 27th January in 75 locations worldwide.  

My promise, and I am confident you would agree: the network is enormously worthwhile and brings benefits to body and mind as well as to the soul.
 
Finally, I would like to thank all of your contributors, in particular my co-founder Hartmut Stielow, and you the faithful.
 
Warm regards from Munich,

 

Ralf Kirberg
sculpture network Chairman

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



 
 
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Since its founding in 2004 by Ralf Kirberg and Hartmut Stielow, the board of directors of sculpture network has been able to rely on a team of highly committed employees.

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Save it! About Water, Value and Art
There is nothing as soothing as simply looking at water. At the banks of the river Isar in Munich, at the shores of Lake Maggiore or at the Atlantic coast. You can just hang on to your thoughts and listen to the gentle sound of the waves or the calm flow of the river. Inevitably, the big questions of life will eventually surface.
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Wood is a material that can be used in many different ways and from which a wide range of different works can be created. Here we introduce five artists who create great works of art with this often inconspicuous material. This natural, vegetative material often requires less energy than other materials, such as stone or metal, and can be used in a wide variety of ways.
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A conversation with artist and sculpture network member Johannes von Stumm about Brexit and its effects on artists and the art market.

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MIDSUMMER SCULPTURE FESTIVAL 2020 CANCELLED
The current situation has unfortunately forced us to make a very sad decision and cancel the Midsummer Sculpture Festival 2020. Just like you, we have been looking forward to the date for many months and are inconsolable due to having to take this action. [...]
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Developed by the dancer Zrinka Šimičić Mihanović and the artist and sculpture network coordinator Marina Bauer a special happening took place last summer: The Touching Performance, which combined sculpture, dance, movement and touch into a common experience. The idea behind the performative installation is, that the viewer and the observed are both parts of a common experience, both participants and witnesses of the event, and both responsible for what is experienced and seen. We wanted to learn more about this special project and talked to the two initiators:
Do Not Touch!
The instruction "Do not touch!" was once most commonly found in museums and galleries. The fact that it has spread to our entire lives in the wake of the Corona crisis is a huge challenge for all of us. This calls for a reflection on the value of touch— for us as humans and in art.
The Female Gaze: Voyeurism Redefined
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Europe is currently facing major challenges. The corona crisis affects and concerns us all, and, at the moment, makes us forget about many other issues. However - and equally so - the increasingly nationalistic tendencies in a number of countries, our handling of refugees, the rapidly progressing climate change and, hence, the question of how we want to use our resources in the future require courageous and clear decisions. The idea and effectiveness of a united Europe is constantly being called into question.

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The exhibition "Liebes Ding - Object Love" displays the relationship of humans to the things surrounding them. Our author Eva Daxl will take you with her to the currently unfortunately closed exhibition.
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