As part of the 2013 Carnegie International, The Playground Project takes a look at the history of playgrounds in order to reconsider our own time and the way we approach childhood, risk, public space, and education. The project also puts the concept of play into the foreground as an important way of thinking, one that has influenced the development of the 2013 Carnegie International. One outcome is the recent addition of a Lozziwurm, a play sculpture designed in 1972, in front of the museum. The Playground Project is open through August 11, 2013, and will reopen on October 5 with the 2013 Carnegie International. The reopening will include two new installations: a pioneering new project by Tezuka Architects and a road movie revolving around playgrounds by contemporary artists Ei Arakawa and Henning Bohl. This exhibition is organized by Gabriela Burkhalter, independent curator.
Playground Project
Support
Major support for the 2013 Carnegie International has been provided by the A. W. Mellon Charitable and Educational Fund, The Fine Foundation, the Jill and Peter Kraus Endowment for Contemporary Art, and The Henry L. Hillman Fund. Additional major support has been provided by The Friends of the 2013 Carnegie International, which is co-chaired by Jill and Peter Kraus, Sheila and Milton Fine, and Maja Oeri and Hans Bodenmann. The Lozziwurm playground was made possible by a generous gift from Maja Oeri and Hans Bodenmann. Major gifts and grants have also been provided by The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Jill and Peter Kraus, Ritchie Battle, The Fellows of Carnegie Museum of Art, Marcia M. Gumberg, the National Endowment for the Arts, The Pittsburgh Foundation, Juliet Lea Hillman Simonds Foundation, Bessie F. Anathan Charitable Trust of The Pittsburgh Foundation, Wendy Mackenzie, George Foundation, Huntington Bank, The Grable Foundation, Nancy and Woody Ostrow, Betty and Brack Duker, BNY Mellon, The Broad Art Foundation, and Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield. Thank you to our corporate sponsors: Huntington, BNY Mellon, Highmark, Audi, Fort Pitt Capital Group, Tata Consultancy Services, Schneider Downs Wealth Management Advisors, and Wells Fargo Advisors.