Urbanum symposium

The Symposion Urbanum was a sculpture symposium that was held in Nuremberg in 1971 on the occasion of Albrecht Dürer's 500th birthday . The impetus was given by the Austrian sculptor Karl Prantl , the Nuremberg gallery owner and manufacturer Hansfried Defet pursued the idea further. The organization Symposion Urbanum Nürnberg 71 e. V. responsible, the Hansfried Defet , Professor Gerhard G. Dittrich , Otto Peter Görl, Karl Friedrich Hartje, Dr. Wolfgang Junge, Dr. Hanns Lottes, Dr. Eberhard Roters and Dr. Karl Gerhard Schmidt was one of its members.

Buky Schwartz : Unexpected I, sculpture made of Corten steel, set up in 1971 as part of the Urbanum symposium

The exhibition of sculptures in public urban space caused a sensation at the time. Many of the works of art that were mainly displayed in the old town at that time remained in Nuremberg - even if some of them were moved to other places.

Participating artists

• Hiromi Akiyama
• Andreu Alfaro
• Joachim Bandau
• Raffael Benazzi
• Marian Bogusz
• Hans-Jürgen Breuste
• Nicola Carrino
• (R.) Davite
• Makoto Fujiwara
• Erich Hauser
• House Rucker Co
• Leo Kornbrust
• Alf Lechner
• Ansgar Nierhoff
• Karl Prantl
• Buky Schwartz
• Hein sinking
• Marciej Szańkowski
• Mitsuyuki Takeda
• Hajime Togashi
• Günter Tollmann
• AD Trantenroth
• Wilhelm Uhlig
• Barna from Sartory
• Joachim Wolff

literature

• 40 years Symposion Urbanum , published by the City of Nuremberg, Construction Department, 2011
• Stefanie Rothenberger: Art in public space using the example of the "Symposion Urbanum" in Nuremberg (1971) and the "Skulptur Projekte in Münster 1987" . 1994

Web links

• 40 years Symposion Urbanum , published by the City of Nuremberg, Construction Department, 2011
• Art in the cityscape (photo gallery) - Nürnberger Zeitung

Individual evidence

1. ^ Symposion Urbanum Nürnberg 71 - "Reports, facts, data, opinions and food for thought for practical use (PDF; 51 kB) collected, compiled and supplemented by Wolfgang Horn, and Wolfgang Loefftz", Nuremberg, 1972
2. ↑ When art outraged all of Nuremberg: From annoyance to street furniture - 40 years after the "Symposion Urbanum" . Nürnberger Nachrichten, May 18, 2011