Opening 11 October 2020

On 11 October 2020, the opening of the work Atlanten by Christian Odzuck was held. As the eighth work in the series junge Kunst am Moltkeplatz / young Art at the Moltkeplatz it will be exhibited in the sculpture park until September 2021. Invitation card here and here, poster here.

More than 120 persons had accepted the invitation to the opening and were able to engage with the work and exchange views with the artist Christian Odzuck and the curator Dr Anna Fricke and others … in largely sunny „Golden October“ weather. After the welcome by KaM e.V., Franz-Josef Britz, Mayor of Essen, delivered greetings from the city of Essen, followed by Gerd Mahler, who as chairman of the Jury Art in Public Spaces, pointed out the importance of art in public spaces. Afterwards, Anna Fricke introduced the artist and outlined the work Atlanten ‒ including its history of creation over several years.

Impressions from the opening:

Hygiene rules during the Corona pandemic necessitated the use of personal protective measures and the observance of greater distances in the sculptures park.

The opening had been announced by ‒ among others ‒ WAZ/NRZ on 9 October 2020 here or here, Lintorfer here, Welt der Form here (scroll down to „Enddatum bis Sep. 2021″). Reports in Stadtspiegel Essen-Süd on 13 October 2020 here. Press release of the city of Essen on 13 October 2020 here.

Tankred Stachelhaus has provided a blog entry on Atlanten here.

Finissage 7 November 2021

After Atlanten had been on display for a little more than a year at the Moltkeplatz, a finissage was held to say goodbye on Sunday 7 Novembe 2021. More about it here.

Dismantling on 29 November and 20 December 2021

After the finissage for Atlanten on 7 November 2021, the work was dismantled, all parts unscrewed, and removed on 29 November and 20 December 2021 by staff members and students of the HBK Hochschule für Bildende Künste in Essen-Kupferdreh ‒ with the support of members of the association KaM e.V.; more about that here.

Video „ATLANTEN – THE MAKING OF“

On 3 November 2020 Christian Odzuck posted on YouTube the video ATLANTEN – THE MAKING OF; to play the video see here.

More impressions

Steel sign pointing out the work

Christian Odzuck´s website here.

Christian Odzuck in Wikipedia here.

To the start page Atlanten of Christian Odzuck hier.

This project is sponsored and supported by Kunststiftung NRW, Kulturstiftung Essen, Allbau Stiftung, Sparkassenlotterie „PS-Sparen und Gewinnen“, Vestocor GmbH, Nolte Ingenieur Holzbau GmbH, Elvermann Schaltechnik GmbH, Ingenieurbüro Lars Römling, and Feldhaus Stahl- und Metallbau GmbH & Co KG