List of works of art in public space in Essen

The list of works of art in public space in Essen gives an overview of art in public space , including sculptures , sculptures , landmarks and other works of art in Essen . There is no claim to completeness.

Works of art in Essen

designation	Location	coordinate	built	Artist	Remarks
Slab for the Ruhr area	Schurenbachhalde	51 ° 30 ′ 47 "N, 7 ° 1 ′ 18" E	1998	Richard Serra	Weatherproof rolled steel, 1450 × 420 × 13.5 cm
Essen culture trail	Folkwang pedestrian bridge over the city center to the southern district.				372 blue-illuminated glass paving stones lead along the cultural path for about four kilometers.
Heinrich Reisner	City center : House of Technology	51 ° 27 ′ 9 ″ N, 7 ° 0 ′ 51 ″ E	2011	Jürgen Ebert	Bronze statue of the founder of the House of Technology; was dismantled in August 2018
Sunny side	City center : University of Duisburg-Essen car park , Meyer-Schwickerath-Strasse 61	51 ° 27 ′ 45 ″ N, 7 ° 0 ′ 27 ″ E	2010	Michael Sailstorfer	Steel frame, polymer concrete, dimensions: 813 × 645 × 577 cm
Lane II	City center : Kettwiger Straße / Burgplatz	51 ° 27 ′ 20 "N, 7 ° 0 ′ 47" E	1999	Tom Fecht	Paving stones, part of the "Names and Stones" project of the German AIDS Foundation, Bonn.
Franz Cardinal Hengsbach	City center: At St. Quintin, in front of the cathedral	51 ° 27 ′ 20 "N, 7 ° 0 ′ 48" E		Silke Rehberg
Untitled Essen (Spitzer Spirale)	City center : Kennedyplatz	51 ° 27 ′ 21 ″ N, 7 ° 0 ′ 37 ″ E	1996	Serge Spitzer	Steel, double T-beam
Two lines up	City center : III. Hagen / Kibbelstrasse	51 ° 27 ′ 26 "N, 7 ° 0 ′ 34" E		George Rickey	Polished stainless steel, kinetic plastic
Sea light	City center: Black Sea	51 ° 27 ′ 15 ″ N, 7 ° 0 ′ 49 ″ E		Peter Brdenk , Jürgen LIT Fischer
An easy game	City center : salt market	51 ° 27 ′ 24 "N, 7 ° 0 ′ 34" E	1991	Ansgar Nierhoff	Square design, steel, paving stones
Two composite stretches touch the tangent to an iron circle flush with the floor	City center : Limbecker Platz / Friedrich-Ebert-Straße	51 ° 27 ′ 30 "N, 7 ° 0 ′ 26" E	1993	Ansgar Nierhoff	steel
Light filament	City center: Kopstadtplatz	51 ° 27 ′ 30 "N, 7 ° 0 ′ 42" E	2017	Lars Meeß-Olsohn
Plan sculpture	City center : II. Hagen, at the Grillo Theater	51 ° 27 ′ 17 "N, 7 ° 0 ′ 40" E	2002	Renate Neuser	Aluminum, 500 × 320 cm
Uranus	City center : Theaterplatz	51 ° 27 ′ 18 "N, 7 ° 0 ′ 43" E	2016	Markus Lüpertz
Keanaa	City center: Inner courtyard Gildenhofstrasse 1	51 ° 27 ′ 14 "N, 7 ° 0 ′ 59" E		Pit Kroke
Seven steles	City center: intersection Varnhorststraße / Gildenhofstraße	51 ° 27 ′ 17 "N, 7 ° 0 ′ 57" E	2000	Heinz Mack
Stadtwunde Memorial	City center : Am Porschplatz / Porschekanzel	51 ° 27 ′ 25 ″ N, 7 ° 0 ′ 49 ″ E	2002	Werner Ruhnau , Astrid Bartels	Stylized grove of trees, memorial for the Schwarze Poth subcamp
Life size	Moltkeviertel : Moltkeplatz	51 ° 27 ′ 30 "N, 7 ° 0 ′ 26" E	1994	Heinz Breloh	Part of the sculpture ensemble "Moltkeplatz Essen"
Untitled - floor work	Moltkeviertel : Moltkeplatz	51 ° 27 ′ 30 "N, 7 ° 0 ′ 26" E	1990	Christa Feuerberg	Part of the sculpture ensemble "Moltkeplatz Essen"
Sustainable bird	Moltkeviertel : Moltkeplatz	51 ° 27 ′ 30 "N, 7 ° 0 ′ 26" E	2010	Christian Forsen	Part of the sculpture ensemble "Moltkeplatz Essen"
A real wrong story	Moltkeviertel : Moltkeplatz	51 ° 27 ′ 30 "N, 7 ° 0 ′ 26" E	1990	Hannes Forster	Part of the sculpture ensemble "Moltkeplatz Essen"
monument	Moltkeviertel : Moltkeplatz	51 ° 27 ′ 30 "N, 7 ° 0 ′ 26" E	1990	Gloria Friedmann	Part of the sculpture ensemble "Moltkeplatz Essen"
ON-STAND	Moltkeviertel : Moltkeplatz	51 ° 27 ′ 30 "N, 7 ° 0 ′ 26" E	1990	Lutz Fritsch	Part of the sculpture ensemble "Moltkeplatz Essen", round tube steel, lacquer
Hanover Gate	Moltkeviertel : Moltkeplatz	51 ° 27 ′ 30 "N, 7 ° 0 ′ 26" E	1978/1981	Friedrich Gräsel	Part of the sculpture ensemble "Moltkeplatz Essen"
In pairs	Moltkeviertel : Moltkeplatz	51 ° 26 '48 "N, 7 ° 1' 23" E	1988	Ansgar Nierhoff	Part of the sculpture ensemble "Moltkeplatz Essen"
Untitled	Moltkeviertel : Moltkeplatz	51 ° 27 ′ 30 "N, 7 ° 0 ′ 26" E	1983	Ulrich Rückriem	Part of the sculpture ensemble "Moltkeplatz Essen"
Head 73	Moltkeviertel : Moltkestrasse 33	51 ° 26 ′ 37 "N, 7 ° 1 ′ 37" E	1973	Horst Antes
Untitled	Moltkeviertel : Manteuffelstrasse, in front of the Resurrection Church	51 ° 26 '56 "N, 7 ° 1' 39" E	1974	Friedrich Gräsel
figure	Moltkeviertel : Semperstrasse			Karl Ulrich Nut
Two Line Up Excentric	Moltkeviertel : E.ON Ruhrgas AG, Essen		1972	George Rickey	no longer available (2019)
Ruhr figure (No. 21/100)	Moltkeviertel : Moltkeplatz			Wolfgang Schmidt	no longer there
stele	Moltkeviertel : Moltkeplatz	51 ° 26 '48 "N, 7 ° 1' 26" E		Jo creator
Blue pigment	Moltkeviertel : Moltkeplatz	51 ° 26 '48 "N, 7 ° 1' 26" E		Katja Hajek
Neandertal Line	RWE tower , Opernplatz 30	51 ° 26 ′ 55 "N, 7 ° 0 ′ 53" E		Richard Long
Jumping line	RWE tower , Opernplatz 30	51 ° 26 ′ 53 "N, 7 ° 0 ′ 53" E		Norbert Thomas
viaduct	Viehofer Platz	51 ° 27 ′ 43 "N, 7 ° 0 ′ 49" E		Miriam Giessler , Hubert Sandmann
Space for a free speaking person	City garden	51 ° 26 ′ 42 "N, 7 ° 0 ′ 43" E		Wolfgang Liesen
Five fingers of one hand, five walls to the pentagram	City garden	51 ° 26 ′ 43 "N, 7 ° 0 ′ 45" E		Klaus Simon
Great minds	City garden		1998-2004	Thomas Schütte	No longer available (Feb. 2016)
fairy	City garden	51 ° 26 ′ 44 "N, 7 ° 0 ′ 42" E	1905	Wilhelm Nida-Rümelin	Bronze casting
cello	City garden	51 ° 26 ′ 42 "N, 7 ° 0 ′ 41" E	1987	Stephan Huber
OBELISK	City garden : Aalto-Theater , Huyssenallee	51 ° 26 ′ 53 "N, 7 ° 0 ′ 41" E	1987	Ulrich Rückriem	Dolomite rock
DOLOMITE	City garden : Aalto-Theater , Huyssenallee	51 ° 26 ′ 52 "N, 7 ° 0 ′ 41" E	1987	Ulrich Rückriem	Dolomite rock
Infinite loop	City garden :	51 ° 26 ′ 35 "N, 7 ° 0 ′ 36" E	1935-1953 asg. 1974	Max Bill	Tranas granite
Stone house	City garden : Aalto-Theater Essen	51 ° 26 ′ 46 "N, 7 ° 0 ′ 44" E	1988	Ulrich Rückriem	Granite blocks
Children's playground	City garden :		1994	Guido Hoffmann
dynamics	City garden : Steag, Rüttenscheider Straße 1	51 ° 26 ′ 36 "N, 7 ° 0 ′ 29" E	1990	Ladis Schwartz	Bronze casting
Space shape 35	City garden : Ferrostaal AG, Essen	51 ° 26 ′ 32 "N, 7 ° 0 ′ 34" E	1999/2000	Norbert Thomas	Stainless steel, lacquer
zoo	Essen Rüttenscheider Platz	51 ° 26 ′ 17 ″ N, 7 ° 0 ′ 28 ″ E	1989	Albert Hien
Ship chains	Museum Folkwang : Outside area Museum Folkwang Essen, Goethestrasse	51 ° 26 ′ 30 ″ N, 7 ° 0 ′ 13 ″ E	1972	Friedrich Gräsel
Inverted House of Cards	Museum Folkwang : Outside area Museum Folkwang Essen, Goethestrasse	51 ° 26 ′ 29 ″ N, 7 ° 0 ′ 14 ″ E	1969/1983	Richard Serra
stairway	Museum Folkwang : Outside area Museum Folkwang Essen, Goethestrasse	51 ° 26 ′ 29 "N, 7 ° 0 ′ 17" E	1982	Ulrich Rückriem
INSIDE	Museum Folkwang : Outside area Museum Folkwang Essen, Goethestrasse		1983-1984	Brigitte and Martin Matschinsky-Denninghoff
Tractor	Museum Folkwang : Outside area Museum Folkwang Essen, Goethestrasse	51 ° 26 ′ 34 "N, 7 ° 0 ′ 12" E	1987	Ludger Gerdes
AREA	Museum Folkwang : Outside area Museum Folkwang Essen, Goethestrasse	51 ° 26 ′ 35 "N, 7 ° 0 ′ 24" E	1989	Timm Ulrichs
Porscheplatz	Folkwang Museum : Glückauf Park	51 ° 26 ′ 34 "N, 7 ° 0 ′ 21" E	1999/2018	Meuser	Steel, 430 × 800 × 250 cm
Steep storage	Südviertel : Central station south side of freedom,	51 ° 27 ′ 0 ″ N, 7 ° 0 ′ 48 ″ E	1989	Max scratch	To honor the miners for their difficult work underground
Rhino temple	Nordviertel : Gladbecker Straße, near Johanniskirchstraße	51 ° 29 ′ 52 "N, 6 ° 59 ′ 43" E	1988	Johannes Brus	Cast stone with steel reinforcement, 4 steel molds , concrete slab, dimensions: 210 × 500 × 400 cm
meteorite	Grugapark	51 ° 25 ′ 33 "N, 6 ° 59 ′ 8" E	1998	Jörg Engelmann
Imploded pyramid	Grugapark	51 ° 25 ′ 46 "N, 6 ° 59 ′ 12" E	2017	Ewerdt Hilgemann
The great spirit	Grugapark	51 ° 25 ′ 49 "N, 6 ° 59 ′ 28" E	1971/73	Alfred Hrdlicka
Great bathers	Grugapark	51 ° 25 ′ 50 ″ N, 6 ° 59 ′ 18 ″ E	1914	Georg Kolbe
Layering	Grugapark	51 ° 25 ′ 29 ″ N, 6 ° 59 ′ 10 ″ E	1970	Thomas Lenk
Orion	Grugapark	51 ° 25 ′ 49 ″ N, 6 ° 59 ′ 29 ″ E	1987	Brigitte and Martin Matschinsky-Denninghoff
Knife Edge	Grugapark	51 ° 25 ′ 54 "N, 6 ° 59 ′ 38" E	1961	Henry Moore
Dislocator	Grugapark	51 ° 25 ′ 30 ″ N, 6 ° 59 ′ 9 ″ E	1977	James Reineking
Big wagon	Grugapark	51 ° 25 ′ 51 ″ N, 6 ° 59 ′ 47 ″ E	1995	Thomas Rother
mother and child	Grugapark	51 ° 25 ′ 53 "N, 6 ° 59 ′ 40" E	1952	Johanna Wagner	limestone
From lopsidedness to lust for life	Katernberg : Grundstraße / Kraspothstraße, near thephenomania experience field, Zollverein shaft 3/7/10	51 ° 29 '26 "N, 7 ° 3' 57" E	2001	Moni van Rheinberg , Gine Selle, Claudia Terlunen	270 m long facade design, paint, steel, bird feeder
lighthouse	Überruhr , near Wichteltal, Holteyer harbor	51 ° 25 ′ 47 "N, 7 ° 5 ′ 24" E		Ail Hwang , Hae-Ryun Jeong , Chung-Ki Park
Carbon obelisk	Karnap : Emscherpark, Altenessener Straße	51 ° 30 ′ 55 "N, 7 ° 0 ′ 40" E		Rita McBride
threshold	Karnap : Emscherpark, Altenessener Straße	51 ° 31 ′ 2 "N, 7 ° 0 ′ 52" E	1987	Raimund Kummer	Granite, stainless steel, PVC
Visible and invisible	Kettwig : Kettwig Sculpture Park, road to the old ferry, southern bank of the reservoir	51 ° 21 ′ 35 "N, 6 ° 56 ′ 8" E	1966/1992	Herbert Lungwitz	Steel sculpture made of sheet metal from coal chutes and pipes from a disused colliery.
Seventh sine with loop	Kettwig : Kettwig Sculpture Park, road to the old ferry, southern bank of the reservoir	51 ° 21 ′ 33 "N, 6 ° 56 ′ 10" E	1990/2004	Friederich Werthmann	55 meter long sculpture made of stainless steel pipes. It consists of seven visible sinus arcs with a loop in the middle. The small bows were created through the use of dynamite
Weber fountain	Kettwig : Tuchmacherplatz / Ruhrstrasse, old town	51 ° 21 ′ 45 "N, 6 ° 56 ′ 14" E	1990/1992	Wolfgang Liesen	The steel and sandstone sculpture is reminiscent of the long weaving tradition in Kettwig. The water flowing down represents the warp threads.
People characters	Kettwig : at the Protestant church, old town	51 ° 21 ′ 46 ″ N, 6 ° 56 ′ 15 ″ E	2004	Norbert Pielsticker	Two steel bars made of colored concrete watch over the churchyard, which was closed in 1832.
columns	Frohnhausen : Frohnhauser Platz	51 ° 26 ′ 49 "N, 6 ° 58 ′ 42" E		Johannes Brus
Sadness	Southwest Cemetery	51 ° 25 ′ 41 ″ N, 6 ° 58 ′ 1 ″ E	1929	Joseph Enseling
KulturKanal Tableau 7/15: Care	Rhine-Herne Canal in Essen , southern bank, west of the Zweigert Bridge (Karnaper Strasse)	51 ° 30 ′ 47 "N, 7 ° 0 ′ 24" E	2010	Petra Weifenbach , ' Axel Siefer '	Metal plate with white letters on a red background
Man emerging from the narrow	Essen-Holsterhausen, Lenbachstrasse / corner of Janssenstrasse	51 ° 26 ′ 25 "N, 6 ° 59 ′ 11" E	2007	Waldemar Otto