The sculpture is part of an ensemble of seven works made by Ulrich Rückriem for Burg Langendorf. All the works can be viewed along a route of about three kilometres. http://www.vetter-stiftung.de

The sculpture is part of an ensemble of seven works made by Ulrich Rückriem for Burg Langendorf. All the works can be viewed along a route of about three kilometres. http://www.vetter-stiftung.de

The three-part “Scheibe” is part of an ensemble of seven works made by Ulrich Rückriem for Burg Langendorf. All the works can be viewed along a route of about three kilometres. http://www.vetter-stiftung.de

This field consisting of eight stelae is part of an ensemble of seven works made by Ulrich Rückriem for Burg Langendorf. All the works can be viewed along a route of about three kilometres. http://www.vetter-stiftung.de

This sculpture carved from pink granite is part of an ensemble of seven works made by Ulrich Rückriem for Burg Langendorf. All the works can be viewed along a route of about three kilometres. http://www.vetter-stiftung.de

In 2004, the installation of the “Chlodwig-Stele” outside the grounds of Burg Langendorf was followed by a four-metre-high cube of pink Spanish granite weighing about 70,000 kilos. Looking through one of the square viewing windows cut into the stone, visitors can gaze not only at the “Chlodwig-Stele.” The lines of sight to other points of…

The “Chlodwig-Stele” stands at the site where the Battle of Zülpich between the Franks and Alemanni is said to have taken place in 496 as a reminder of this historical event, which also marks the Frankish king Clovis’s conversion to Christianity. It was inspired by a research colloquium at Burg Langenfeld on the occasion of…

This sculpture by Ulrich Rückriem is a permanent loan from the Westfälischer Kunstverein and has been in its new location on the museum forecourt facing Rothenburg in the immediate vicinity of the Kunstverein entrance since 2013. From 1985 until the museum café was added in 2005, it had stood in front of the museum entrance…

Ulrich Rückriem had been sharing a studio with Blinky Palermo in Mönchengladbach since 1969 when he completed this sculpture in 1974 as a Jewish memorial. The massive, undivided stone block is meant to commemorate the former synagogue in Mönchengladbach. It was located at Blücherstraße 15 and 17 (now a residential area directly across from the…

Ulrich Rückriem’s artistic approach is rooted in his training as a stonemason and journeyman at the Cologne Dombauhütte. As a sculptor, he combines the traditional material of stone with modern forms, creating works that are reminiscent of minimal or process art. Instead of working in a studio, Rückriem works on site at the quarry, where…