Closer examination is required to grasp the artistic concept behind this sculpture. From a distance, the cube seems to be standing on its bottom corner and almost floating above the grass at the same time. For this reason it is sometimes called the “floating cube.” However, since this is impossible according to the laws of…

The Mourner is intended as a memorial to the victims of war and their suffering. That is why the artist chose a female figure with her hands folded in front of her mouth in a gesture of horror and grief. With a slightly tilted head, the larger-than-life-size figure looks down at the viewer. A garment…

The signaling effect of this six-meter-high stainless steel sculpture is impossible to miss. The City Entrance Marker or Endless Loop was originally intended for the Taubental industrial park. Instead, after extensive discussion between the artist, the city, and the company Management Parc from Düsseldorf, the city accepted the sculpture as a gift in 1996. In…

These Slanted Frames are made out of concrete and measure 2.3 meters tall by 5 meters wide. Lined up across the center of a large flat block, each of the five rectangular frames is made up of two squares. They are not simply placed side by side, but instead positioned one behind the other, so…

Drawing a comparison to the constellation, Josef Neuhaus’s choice of the name Orion for his five-meter-high sculpture was by no means arbitrary. With its multitude of bright stars, Orion is one of the most striking constellations in the winter sky in central Europe. Orion’s main distinguishing feature is a distinct row of stars: Alnitak, Alnilam,…

The cuboid is as much as part of Josef Neuhaus’s uncompromising late work as the “infinite loop.” The vertical cuboid here contains no meaning or statement that beyond the work of art itself. The sculpture is a foreign body in its location between the trees, fields, and meadows, which continuously change their appearance with the…