{"id":975,"date":"2017-09-06T15:40:35","date_gmt":"2017-09-06T15:40:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.intercult.org?p=975"},"modified":"2024-12-09T17:53:49","modified_gmt":"2024-12-09T16:53:49","slug":"a-forest-of-sculptures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.intercult.org\/en\/a-forest-of-sculptures\/","title":{"rendered":"A Forest of Sculptures"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Collection Simon Spierer comprises sculptures of highly distinguished artists, from Early Modern such as Constantin Brancusi, Max Ernst and Alberto Giacometti to Contemporary Art, e.g. G\u00fcnther Uecker, Graham Williams and Vera R\u00f6hm The collector focused on mainly vertical sculptures so that the idea of a \u201cForest of Sculptures\u201d soon was born. Each sculpture stands completely on its own and at the same time corresponds with the sculptures surrounding it. Together, they form a unique and powerful collection and a significant overview over the last century\u2018s sculpture.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Exhibition objects<\/strong>: 39 sculptures, 1 silkscreen<br \/>\n<strong>Exhibition space<\/strong>: 600 &#8211; 800 sqm<br \/>\n<strong>Catalogue<\/strong>: two bilingual catalogues (greek\/engl.), (bulg.\/engl.)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Exhibition venues 2008 \u2013 2010<\/strong>:<br \/>\nAthinais Museum of Diachronic Art, Athens, Greece, 06.02.08 &#8211; 14.04.08<br \/>\nNational Galley for Foreign Art, Sofia, Bulgaria, 27.06.08 &#8211; 15.09.08, sponsored by: GLOBUL<br \/>\nNational Museum of Contemporary Art (MNAC), Bucharest, Romania, 12.12.08 &#8211; 05.04.09 sponsored by: Banca Romanesca, Domenile Samburesti, TNG<br \/>\nFundaci\u00f3n Canal, Madrid, Spain, 21.05.09 &#8211; 26.07.09<br \/>\nMuseum Beelden aan Zee, Den Haag-Scheveningen, Netherlands, 19.02.-20.06.2010<\/p>\n<p>Visitors: 58.031<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1075\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1075\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1075\" src=\"https:\/\/www.intercult.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Spierer2-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"528\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.intercult.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Spierer2-1.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.intercult.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Spierer2-1-300x198.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.intercult.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Spierer2-1-768x507.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1075\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Installation view, A Forest of Sculptures, Athinais Museum of Diachronic Art<br \/>\u00a9 Institut f\u00fcr Kulturaustausch<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1074\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1074\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1074\" src=\"https:\/\/www.intercult.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Spierer1-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"540\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.intercult.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Spierer1-1.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.intercult.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Spierer1-1-300x203.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.intercult.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Spierer1-1-768x518.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1074\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Installation view, A Forest of Sculptures, Athinais Museum of Diachronic Art<br \/>\u00a9 Institut f\u00fcr Kulturaustausch<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1075-2\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1075-2\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1075\" src=\"https:\/\/www.intercult.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Raume-Spierer-31.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"540\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1075-2\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&#8220;Forest of Sculptures&#8221;, the collection Simon Spierer at the Hessisches Landesmuseum Darmstadt<br \/>\u00a9 Hessisches Landesmuseum Darmstadt, \u00a9 Image: Wolfgang Fuhrmannek<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1071\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1071\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1071\" src=\"https:\/\/www.intercult.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Spierer_letztesBild.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"523\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.intercult.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Spierer_letztesBild.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.intercult.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Spierer_letztesBild-300x196.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.intercult.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Spierer_letztesBild-768x502.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1071\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Installation view, National Museum of Contemporary Art (MNAC)<br \/>\u00a9 Institut f\u00fcr Kulturaustausch<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Collection Simon Spierer comprises sculptures of highly distinguished artists, from Early Modern such as Constantin Brancusi, Max Ernst and Alberto Giacometti to Contemporary Art, e.g. G\u00fcnther Uecker, Graham Williams and Vera R\u00f6hm The collector focused on mainly vertical sculptures so that the idea of a \u201cForest of Sculptures\u201d soon was born. 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