Wupper's lifeline
Coordinates: 51 ° 15 '35.4 " N , 7 ° 8' 47.9" E
The lifeline Wupper (alternative names Wupperlauf , Wupper or lifeline ) is a sculpture by the British sculptor Tony Cragg in Wuppertal .
location
The sculpture stands in front of the Friedrich-Arkaden in the Elberfelder Friedrichstrasse opposite the Elberfeld town hall and the town hall gallery .
description
The shape of the Wupper lifeline is reminiscent of a tree. The filigree stainless steel sculpture, however, traces the path of the Wupper and its tributaries such as Bever , Neye and Kerspe as the lifeline of the Bergisches Land in a very naturalistic way . The Wupper flows from the east from the source in Marienheide in the Oberbergischer Kreis to the west to Leverkusen. The confluence with the Rhine at Leverkusen- Rheindorf forms the basis and the transition to the foundation . As a result, the usual representation of the water, as you know it from maps, is rotated by 90 degrees. The dams in the water system of the Wupper - ten are shown - are included in the sculpture as areas. Cragg's works are mostly known as massive and at the same time finely balanced appearance; The Wupper lifeline, on the other hand, is a rather unusual work of the artist in terms of its design.
history
The Wupper lifeline was set up on October 21, 1997 in front of the newly built Friedrich-Arkaden. It was the artist's third work in the public space of Wuppertal. At the suggestion of the project developer Thomas Gerlich, it was acquired by Westfälische Provinzial-Versicherung, owner of the Friedrich-Arkaden. At the inauguration of the plant, the then Lord Mayor Hans Kremendahl paid tribute to the development of the cityscape on Friedrichstrasse and the artist living in Wuppertal.
In the year after installation, in March 1998, Cragg had to touch up and stain the sculpture because it was beginning to oxidize . During the repair, Tony Cragg decided to completely rebuild it, which he made more stable and designed in such a way that nobody could get injured. This made new permits necessary, which is why the reorganization was delayed until March 1999.
In March 2002 the sculpture was cleaned.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Cragg's work shines in the middle of the valley. (No longer available online.) In: Westdeutsche Zeitung. August 5, 2015, formerly in the original ; Retrieved July 9, 2017 . ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ With open eyes through Wuppertal # 02/2015. In: czoczo.de. June 27, 2015, accessed July 9, 2017 .
- ↑ a b c d e f g plastic: "Wupper" / "Lebensader". In: denkmal-wuppertal.de. Retrieved July 9, 2017 .
- ↑ Lore Duwe : Sometimes among us ... From Matthias Claudius to Tony Cragg. In: The city newspaper. April 2017, accessed on July 9, 2017 .
