Public Delivery

Public Delivery is an organization for contemporary art, founded in Seoul, South Korea in 2011. They organize exhibitions, initiate non-institutional art projects and distribute artwork. Their focus is on public space however they work in a variety of mediums.

Public Delivery
Formation2011[1]
PurposeCommission, preserve, promote and interpret contemporary art
HeadquartersSeoul, South Korea
Region served
Worldwide
Executive Director
Martin Schulze
Websitehttp://publicdelivery.org/

In 2012 they organized both Asia and the world's tallest mural in Busan, South Korea.[2] Between 2011 and 2014 they have organized 73 performances in public space and 37 exhibitions in museums and galleries around the world.[3]

Its founder, Martin Schulze of Germany, currently resides in Seoul, South Korea where he handles the organization in its entirety.[4]

Selected Projects/Exhibitions
  • Live at the Museum (An ongoing series of video works by Andre Hemer in front of numerous museums around the world.)[5]
  • El Choco (First major solo exhibition by Swiss-Bolivian artist Luciano Calderon[6] taking place in La Paz, Bolivia)[7]
  • Asia's Tallest Mural (Organized a project by German painter Hendrik Beikirch[8] who created a mural 70 meters [230 feet] high in Busan)
  • Counter Parts (Group show in Forum Kunst in Rottweil, Germany)[9]
  • Silence Was Golden (Site-specific and participatory project giving individuals and communities the opportunity to express themselves using golden balloons. Involving Pulitzer Prize winners, National Geographic photographers, the NBA and more.)[10]
  • Freedumb (Pop-up graffiti exhibition taking place simultaneously on six different continents.)[11]

References
  1. "Public Delivery - Contemporary art". Archive.is. Retrieved 2013-09-29.
  2. "asia's tallest mural by hendrik beikirch". Designboom.com. Retrieved 2013-09-29.
  3. "Luciano Calderon's first museum solo exhibition". Publicdelivery.org. Retrieved 2013-09-29.
  4. http://www.veryshortlist.com/culture/daily.cfm/review/2635/Other_art/IndividualMomentsOfFreedom/
  5. "Projects". Publicdelivery.org. 2013-08-13. Retrieved 2013-09-29.
  6. "Main". Luciano Calderon. Retrieved 2013-09-29.
  7. "Luciano Calderon — El Choco". Petrograff. 2013-05-15. Archived from the original on 2013-06-24. Retrieved 2013-09-29.
  8. "hendrik beikirch". hendrik beikirch. Retrieved 2013-09-29.
  9. "Counterparts". Counter-parts.de. Retrieved 2013-09-29.
  10. http://publicdelivery.org/silence-was-golden/
  11. http://publicdelivery.org/freedumb/
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