Johannisberg Sculpture Park

Rondo in front of the town hall

The heavenly falls

229.5 ° arc x 5

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The Johannisberg Sculpture Park is a sculpture path (the term " Sculpture Park " is still used) between the Von der Heydt Museum and the Johannisberg Street in Wuppertal .

description

The idea of ​​a sculpture park was developed in 1997 in cooperation with the Stadtsparkasse Wuppertal and the Von der Heydt Museum. A route from the Von der Heydt-Museum am Wall over the Isländer Brücke , over the Südstrasse at the entrance of the new administration building of the Stadtsparkasse and past the Wilhelm-Dörpfeld-Gymnasium to the historic town hall on the Johannisberg was conceived.

The city hall garden and the forecourt of the swimming opera are also part of the sculpture path. Several existing sculptures from the property of the Stadtsparkasse were integrated into the sculpture path. At the beginning of 1998 a leaflet at the Johannisberg Sculpture Park was presented, which was published by the Stadtsparkasse.

Works

Further sculptures for the sculpture trail were acquired through the mediation of the museum. The financial resources were collected from citizens, companies, associations and foundations. Among the four acquisitions are:

• Rondo (1998/99) by Alf Lechner , donated in 1999 by Heinz-Olof Brennscheidt
• Anröchter Dolomit (1989) by Ulrich Rückriem , donated in 2000 by the Art and Museum Association with support from Wuppertal Lions and Rotarians
• 229.5 ° Arc x 5 (1999) by Bernar Venet , acquired in 2000 with funds from the Mittelsten Scheid Foundation
• Elastic - Schwebend (2001) by Claus Bury , donated in 2004 by Barmenia Krankenversicherung a. G.

Already available were among others:

• Bökelbrunnen (1920/1961) by Erich Cleff
• Pallas Athene (1957) by Arno Breker in front of the Wilhelm Dörpfeld-Gymnasium
• Pythagoras (1964) by Fritz Bernuth
• Feed (1996) by Tony Cragg
• The Heavenly Falls (1997) by Frank Breidenbruch and AR Penck

Accident at the sculpture The Heavenly Falls

“The Heavenly Falls” was badly damaged at the end of 2005 by a parked construction vehicle when the vehicle went into operation during the night. After eight months, the reconstructed work of art was put up again.

Individual evidence

1. ^ Response of the administration to the inquiry of the CDU parliamentary group of October 7, 2005 on the sculpture park of October 13, 2005
2. ^ Sculptures: Moved, Hidden and Misunderstood Westdeutsche Zeitung (online) from April 28, 2005
3. ^ Excavator destroys artwork Westdeutsche Zeitung (online) from November 14, 2005
4. ^ "The heavenly falls" again at the old place Westdeutsche Zeitung (online) from July 22, 2006

Web links

Commons : Sculpture Park Johannisberg  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files