Public Delivery is an organization for
contemporary art
Contemporary art is a term used to describe the art of today, generally referring to art produced from the 1970s onwards. Contemporary artists work in a globally influenced, culturally diverse, and technologically advancing world. Their art is a ...
, founded in
Seoul
Seoul, officially Seoul Special Metropolitan City, is the capital city, capital and largest city of South Korea. The broader Seoul Metropolitan Area, encompassing Seoul, Gyeonggi Province and Incheon, emerged as the world's List of cities b ...
, South Korea in 2011. It organizes exhibitions, initiate non-institutional art projects and distributes artwork. Its focus is on public space, in a variety of mediums.
In 2012 Public Delivery organized both Asia and the world's tallest mural in
Busan
Busan (), officially Busan Metropolitan City, is South Korea's second list of cities in South Korea by population, most populous city after Seoul, with a population of over 3.3 million as of 2024. Formerly romanized as Pusan, it is the economi ...
, South Korea. Between 2011 and 2014 it organized 73 performances in public space and 37 exhibitions in museums and galleries around the world.
Its founder, Martin Schulze of Germany, currently resides in Seoul, South Korea where he handles the organization in its entirety.
Projects/exhibitions
* ''Live at the Museum'' – an ongoing series of video works by Andre Hemer in front of numerous museums around the world
* ''El Choco'' – first major solo exhibition by Swiss-Bolivian artist Luciano Calderon taking place in
La Paz
La Paz, officially Nuestra Señora de La Paz (Aymara language, Aymara: Chuqi Yapu ), is the seat of government of the Bolivia, Plurinational State of Bolivia. With 755,732 residents as of 2024, La Paz is the List of Bolivian cities by populati ...
, Bolivia
* ''Asia's Tallest Mural'' – organized a project by German painter Hendrik Beikirch who created a mural high in Busan
* ''Counter Parts'' – group show in Forum Kunst in
Rottweil
Rottweil (; Alemannic: ''Rautweil'') is a town in southwest Germany in the state of Baden-Württemberg. Rottweil was a free imperial city for nearly 600 years.
Located between the Black Forest and the Swabian Alps, Rottweil has over 25,000 ...
, Germany
* ''Silence Was Golden'' – site-specific and participatory project giving individuals and communities the opportunity to express themselves using golden balloons. Involving
Pulitzer Prize
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winners,
National Geographic
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photographers, the
NBA
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and more.
* ''Freedumb'' – pop-up
graffiti
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exhibition taking place simultaneously on six different continents
References
External links
* {{Official website, publicdelivery.org
Arts organizations established in 2011
Contemporary art organizations
Culture of Seoul
Murals in South Korea
2011 establishments in South Korea