6 May - 9 July 2006 in Nuremberg's OId Town

An Exhibition Organised by the City of Nuremberg and the German Football Association

Nuremberg, World Cup City, on the occasion of the Football World Cup, will present art in the public domain. On the axis between the main train station and the castle, the "well trodden path" of all Nuremberg visitors, between 6 May and 9 July, 2006, there will be a series of spectacular as well as rather pensive, quiet works, forming an unusual contrast to the homely medieval backdrop of the city. For the first time in many years, the Football World Cup will give Nuremberg an opportunity of an intensive look at international contemporary art in the public domain.

This project of "art in the public domain" will be implemented for the Football World Cup 2006 by curators Raimar Stange (Berlin) and Florian Waldvogel (Frankfurt a.M.). The content will centre on topics such as "turf", "sports" and, of course, above all, "football".

It will particularly take into account Nuremberg's urban situation – mainly its history and architecture – as well as aspects of sustainability and the integration of the city's population. Furthermore the works of art presented here will look at the questions: What can art in the public domain achieve at the beginning of the new millennium? How political may or must it be? How aesthetically refined or, at the other end of the spectrum, how populist, entertaining, even decorative does it have to be?

In this sense, the "Large Piece of Turf" will present aesthetically remarkable works which – because of the intensive scrutiny of and interaction with the given historical and social framework – will be exemplary works of art with a lasting effect.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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