Sculpture Milwaukee 2021 begins installing outdoor artworks in May
Sculpture Milwaukee will begin installation of its fifth season of outdoor public art this month, adding new works to 15 holdovers from the 2020 exhibit along Wisconsin Avenue and in the Historic Third Ward.
Guest curators Theaster Gates and Michelle Grabner are introducing a titled exhibit for the first time in this project, there is this We, drawn from a poem by Gwendolyn Brooks. In a statement from Sculpture Milwaukee, Grabner said the title reflects works that honor belief in social change through the provocations of the artistic imagination.
Planned new sculptures include:
A work by Betty Gold to be installed permanently on the Milwaukee Art Museum campus.