The large sculptural fountain by Thomas Virnich references its location at the centre of Duisburg on several levels: Each of the three steel elements resembles the front of a ship throwing up a bow wave. This would make the circular openings the anchor holes in the ship’s prow. The artist chose these nautical forms because…

Thomas Virnich’s intervention in the park at the Ludwig Forum was created for the building’s opening in 1991. At first glance, the sculpture is reminiscent of ruins, which have a long tradition as an element of landscape architecture. In fact, an empty, dilapidated greenhouse served as the starting point for the work. The artist filled…

The Tower of Babel is a well-known story from the Old Testament (Genesis 11:1-9) about man’s hubris in his attempt to become godlike, which was punished with confusion. Thomas Virnich’s version of this tower is an extremely fragile structure – a cylindrical collection of architectural fragments and various objects, cast in bronze and painted. The…