Laminated paper; 426 x 500 x 354 cm „Collectivity creates responsibility: Frank Bölter (*1969) invited all citizens of the Moltkeviertel – and beyond – to jointly fold a house made of Tetrapak-like laminated paper: five meters wide and over four meters tall. Made by many […]
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Monika Stricker: I Know It Is A Metaphor, more information
artificial sweat, T-shirts, bucket, matchbox, matches, mirror, glass cabinet; 192 x 123 x 123 cm Vernissage The opening for the exhibition of I Know It Is A Metaphor by Monika Stricker was on 6 May 2012. Dr Sabine Maria Schmidt provided the introduction. WAZ carried […]
Monika Stricker: I Know It Is A Metaphor, 2012
artificial sweat, T-shirts, bucket, matchbox, matches, mirror, glass cabinet; 192 x 123 x 123 cm „To be or not to be – that is the question posed by Monika Stricker (*1978). On the Moltkeplatz her work I Know It Is A Metaphor attracts the visitor with a […]
Leunora Salihu: Tube End, 2010
wood, synthetic material | 240 x 530 x 610 cm „Half technical device, half a lindworm: Tube End is intent on breaking free from the ground of the sculptures park to explore the world for us. Leonora Salihu (*1977) pushes for the exchange among the dimensions, from […]
Leunora Salihu: Tube End, more information
Die Künstlerin Leunora Salihu hat die Skulptur Tube End für den Standort Moltkeplatz entwickelt und angefertigt. Leunora Salihu ist Absolventin der Kunstakademie Düsseldorf und Meisterschülerin von Tony Cragg. Sie war Wilhelm Lehmbruck-Stipendiatin der Stadt Duisburg. Die Skulptur Tube End war vom 10. Oktober 2010 bis […]
Christian Forsen: Nachhaltiger Vogel / Sustainable Bird, 2010
steel, synthetic material; 250 x 290 x 263 cm Vernissage This work by Christian Forsen opened ‒ at the beginning of the year of the RUHR.2010 Kulturhauptstadt / Cultural Capital of Europe ‒ the series junge Kunst am Moltkeplatz / young Art at the Moltkeplatz. […]
Hannes Forster: Eine echte falsche Geschichte / A Genuine Fake Story, 1990
Redbrick, mortar; 320 x 1370 x 820 cm. The artist includes the transformer house when giving the size of his work. „The church building and the transformer station are confronting each other; something that is definitely wrong. For the truth is: spirituality and technology are […]
Lutz Fritsch: EIN•STAND / MONO•POLE, 1990
Circular steel tube, painted orange and blue; 1000 x 12 cm (H x Ø) On the traffic island Moltkeplatz / Ruhrallee; coordinates: 51 26 49.77 N 7 01 24.70 E „Traffic islands are perceived as obstacles with no quality of stay that need to be […]
Gloria Friedmann: Denkmal / Monument, 1990
Dead tree, set into concrete wall; 637 (h) x 357.5 x 46.5 cm „Red is the colour of power, of alarm, anger, love, emphasis, but also of correction. With her Denkmal / Monument, Gloria Friedmann (* 1950) addresses the cultural connection between mankind and nature. For […]
Ulrich Rückriem: more works
Selection of Ulrich Rückriem´s works in public spaces in Essen Obelisk und Mauern / Obelisk and Walls In the area of Aalto Theater / Saalbau / Philharmonie / Stadtgarten; south-west of Rolandstraße 5, Essen; from the intersection Huyssenallee / Rolandstraße walk south between Aalto Theater […]
Ansgar Nierhoff: more works
More works by Ansgar Nierhoff in Public Spaces in Essen Ein leichtes Spiel / An Easy Game, 1991 Spatial formation consisting of a forged steel polyhedron (Ø 134 cm), a forged steel stele 820 x 44,5 cm (H x Ø), a split steel round 6 […]