Michael Asher

Michael Asher, Westfälisches Landesmuseum für Kunst und Kulturgeschichte, Münster, Germany, “Skulptur. Projekte in Münster 1997,” June 22 – September 28, 1997, trailer in various locations. Parking position, 1st week, June 23 – 30, Siegelkammer and Pferdegasse. Photograph by LWL / Roman Mensing, www.artdoc.de. © Michael Asher Foundation

Westfälisches Landesmuseum für Kunst und Kulturgeschichte, Münster, Germany, Skulptur. Projekte in Münster 1997, June 22 – September 28, 1997, trailer in changing locations

Location

1^st week: Siegelkammer and Pferdegasse

2^nd week: parking space behind building of Regierungspräsident, Geisbergweg 1–3

3^rd week: company parking space behind Alter Steinweg Nr. 22-24, (installation no longer possible)

4^th week: Alter Steinweg across Kiffe-Pavillon, parking meter no. 2560

5^th week: Hörster Friedhof / Piusallee

6^th week: An der Kleimannbrücke no. 50

7^th week: Dortmund-Ems canal, Rügenufer, ca. 300 meter north of Königsberger Straße

8^th week: Königsberger Straße 133-135

9^th week: end of Regina-Protmann-Straße

10^th week: Paula-Wilken-Stiege 3 + 5

11^th week: Coerde-market

12^th week: church square in Nienberge, in front of no. 6

13^th week: corner of Möllmannsweg / Hollandtstraße

14^th week: Kappenberger Damm / Düesbergweg, (no parking space any longer)

15^th week: woods at Jesuiterbrook, near Hünenburg, (not used due to shortened duration of exhibition)

16^th week: Gerichtsstraße / west side of Hindenburgplatz (since 2012 called Schlossplatz), (not used due to shortened duration of exhibition)

17^th week: parking space in front of Hauptbahnhof, parking meter no. 1328, (not used due to shortened duration of exhibition)

18^th week: Sonnenstraße, near Ritterstraße, (not used due to shortened duration of exhibition)

19^th week: in front of Germanistisches Institut, parking space under trees, (not used due to shortened duration of exhibition)

Michael Asher

* 1943 in Los Angeles, California, USA

† 2012 in Los Angeles, California, USA

In addition to Michael Asher, other artists have also been invited to Skulptur Projekte several times. He however was the only one who decided repeatedly, after careful consideration, to reconceive the same work. It was in 1997, in particular, that the caravan installation developed a wide-ranging critical potential. Asher’s renewed repetition undermined the mechanisms of an art market system demanding inexhaustible creativity and innovation. The archival documents reveal that the difficulties in realizing the work were becoming increasingly apparent, as the Eriba Familia caravan was now a vintage model and difficult to locate. The caravan, an obvious anachronism within the cityscape, created a high level of recognition, not only due to the high profile of Skulptur Projekte but also through its own continuity, involuntarily becoming a kind of marketing symbol.

Maria Engelskirchen

Location

Michael Asher
Michael Asher, Westfälisches Landesmuseum für Kunst und Kulturgeschichte, Münster, Germany, “Skulptur. Projekte in Münster 1997,” June 22 – September 28, 1997, trailer in various locations. Parking position, 1st week, June 23 – 30, Siegelkammer and Pferdegasse. Photograph by LWL / Roman Mensing, www.artdoc.de. © Michael Asher Foundation

Michael Asher
Westfälisches Landesmuseum für Kunst und Kulturgeschichte, Münster, Germany, “Skulptur. Projekte in Münster 1997,” June 22 – September 28, 1997, trailer in various locations.

Parking position, 2nd week, June 30 – July 07, parking space behind building of Regierungspräsident, Geisbergweg 1-3.

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Parking position, 4th week, July 14 – 21, Alter Steinweg, across from Kiffe-Pavillon, parking meter no. 2560.

Parking position, 5th week, July 21 – 28, Hörster Friedhof / Piusallee.

Parking position, 6th week, July 28 – August 04, An der Kleimann-Brücke No. 50.

Parking position, 7th week, August 04 – 11, Dortmund-Ems canal, Rügenufer, ca. 300 meter north of Königsberger Straße.

Parking position, 8th week, August 11 – 18, Königsberger Straße 133-135.

Parking position, 9th week, August 18 – 25, end of Prothmannstraße.

Parking position, 10th week, August 25 – September 01, Paula-Wilken-Stiege 3+5.

Parking position, 11th week, September 01 – 08, Coerde-market.

Parking position, 12th week, September 08 – 15, church square in Nienberge, in front of no. 6.

Parking position, 13th week, September 15 – 22, corner of Möllmannsweg / Hollandtstraße.

Still existing / Public Collection
Removed
In the museum

Other Participation

This artist also participated in: 1977 1987 2007