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Erwin Heerich’s work often dealt with developing one form out of another, the relationship between individual forms, as well as the relationship of the individual to the whole. This sculpture in front of the Amtsgericht Solingen also features strict geometry, and is made up of three essential elements: a shallow cylinder, a wedge, and a square underlying surface.
The cylinder serves as the defining element and is visibly composed of several parts. The joints between these parts are aligned with the paving beneath it, so that the square surface is identified as part of the overall composition.
A segment is cut out of the cylinder. The wedge-shaped element has been placed in the opening with the lowest point facing the middle and the incline rising outward to the height of the cylinder. The result is a complex interplay of the basic geometric shapes — square, circle, triangle — which merge into a unified composition.