The Städel Museum continues the series “In the Städel Garden” with an extraordinary presentation dedicated to Franz Erhard Walther (b. 1939). The artist’s Walking Pedestals and Places to Stand will be on display on the museum’s freely accessible greens from 17 September to 23 November 2014. The internationally much-noticed artist began developing this group of works for outdoors, which made him a key figure of Minimal and Performance Art, in the early 1970s. With their reduced forms, the minimalist ground elements formed of steel invite the viewer to a walk-on tour of his work. Pacing off the plinths, the visitor turns into the material of the sculptural process. Franz Erhard Walther’s Walking Pedestals and Places to Stand in the front and back garden areas offer surprising lines of sight and new perspectives of the museum and its environs. The exhibition will be opened with a talk between Franz Erhard Walther and Dr. Martin Engler, Head of the Contemporary Art Collection of the Städel, in the Metzler Hall on Tuesday, 16 September at 7:00 pm; visitors are welcome to a tour of the grounds with the artist after the talk. A further tour through the exhibition with Franz Erhard Walther on Sunday, 21 September at 3:00 pm and a lecture held by the artist in the Städel Museum on Thursday, 16 October at 7:00 pm will provide the interested public with additional insights into the artist’s oeuvre.