Visitors come into very direct contact with this memorial in front of Villa Zanders as it literally lies across their path. With no elevating pedestal, a steel cross is positioned directly on the paving stones of the path, covered by a big steel block that leaves only the ends of its arms visible. Both elements…

Heinz-Günter Prager’s minimalist work seeks to create a bridge between the past and the present in the viewer’s imagination. The sculpture is made up of two steel hemispheres: one is set high in the exterior castle wall, while the other rests on a rectangular steel plate on the grass a short distance away. Only an…

Heinz-Günter Prager’s sculpture in front of the Bonn Kunstmuseum is named Gaia. In Greek mythology, Gaia represents the earth and the first goddess to emerge from the chaos. Her name is of Indo-European origin and one possible meaning is procreator. She was seen as a mother – creating and nurturing life, as well as a…

Hans Günter Prager’s work makes reference to the Amtsgericht building behind it. As an artist who is typically preoccupied with basic geometric forms, Prager’s work reinterprets the shapes and proportions of the building’s triangular gable and round arched window. Three upright steel plates form an open triangle; a fourth circular plate leans from the ground…

Heinz-Günter Prager’s sculpture consists of a steel cylinder with one rectangular plate resting on top of it, while a similar plate cuts almost halfway through its diameter. The two plates seem to fix the cylinder in its location, with one as a weight and the other as an incision. In his sculptures, which are based…

This sculpture is includes seven circular elements made of heavy rusted steel in different sizes. It appears as if they were scattered around the square in front of the Herne train station like game pieces. Six of the disks stand upright, while the last one is lying on its side. One wonders whether it fell…