Viersen sculpture collection

The sculpture collection Viersen is one of the major contemporary sculpture parks in Germany.

History, meaning and art

For a donation of the emigrant from Viersen to the U.S. citizen William Pohl to the Viersener home club as well as from donations and money from the Foundation for Art and Culture of the Land NRW emerged in the last 20 years around the Städtische Galerie im Park in the county town of Viersen a unique collection of sculptures have involved the participation of renowned artists with partly complex works. In 1992, when the 1986/87 constructed five-part, nearly 12 meters high steel sculpture New Star was built by the American artist Mark di Suvero on the Diergardtplatz, rose in letters a storm of protest by local citizens against this loan; many could not do anything with this abstract and modern art. Meanwhile, in the population, caused by the Enlightenment, numerous visitors from home and abroad and media coverage, a change of heart occurred.

A special attraction of this collection is the bronze spine - the articulated column of the British visual artist Anthony Cragg (1996 ), who had designed these specifically for Viersen. The first sculpture was erected in 1989 Monument from the Eifel basalt of the Düsseldorf art professor Heerich ( 1922-2004 ). The artist donated the collection in 1992, a bird bath made ​​of the same material; come from him even metal and stone benches that match the artistic features of the sculpture collection. Other important works in the sculpture park:

  • David Lauer: figure, bronze body on a basalt base ( 1989)
  • Karl Horst Hödicke: Kaspar, bronze statue (1989 )
  • Wolfgang Nestler: position the center of gravity (1997)
  • Roberto Matta: Chaosmos (2002)
  • Günter Haese: Optimus II, kinetic work of art (2007)
  • Wang Du: China Daily (2010)

A graphic edition was published by participating in the collection as well as other artists, 1999, the sale proceeds was provided for new acquisitions; also published the Viersener home club some art studies Begleitpubklikationen. 2009 Viersener sculpture collection of the Working Group sculptor museums and sculpture collections eV was chosen as a member.

Literature / Sources

  • Peter Kastner: K. H. Hödicke. Plastic. Viersen 1994. ISBN 3-928298-06-2
  • Peter Kastner: Anthony Cragg. " Spine - the articulated column" in the Sculpture Collection Viersen. In 1996. ISBN 3-9805339-0-5
  • Albert Pauly: Sculpture Collection Viersen. In: " middens. Annual publication of literature and graphic ". No. 41 Viersen 2001. ISSN 0085-3593
  • Joachim Peter Kastner: Günter Haese. Sculpture Collection Viersen. Viersen 2007. ISBN 978-3-9808779-6-1
Tony Cragg Erwin Heerich Wang Du (artist) Werner Spies
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