Briana J. Smith will discuss Wolf Vostell’s concrete sculptures, including concrete casts of television sets and a concrete book. She will also describe how his project Concrete Cadillacs, installed as part of West Berlin’s 1987 Sculpture Boulevard, incited a massive public debate about art in public space and even inspired concrete parodies of his work.

This talk is offered in conjunction with the exhibition Wolf Vostell: Dé-coll/age Is Your Life (January 20–May 5, 2024).

Led by:
Briana J. Smith, Associate Director of Studies, Committee on Degrees in History & Literature, Harvard University

Gallery talks are limited to 18 people and registration is required. You can register by clicking on the event on this form, beginning at 10am the day of the talk.

Please meet in the Calderwood Courtyard, in front of the digital screens between the shop and the admissions desk.