Between the Leine and Downtown

In the city center, you have the opportunity to encounter most of the presented objects directly, to view them from all perspectives without disturbing traffic and thus to engage with them in peace and quiet. You could, for example, consider the question of whether art for pedestrian zones and shopping streets differs in form and character from art in other urban spaces. Some of the works on show date from the 1970s, when there was an interest in participation and civic involvement: one by Fritz Wotruba, two by Hein Sinken and one by Emil Cimiotti. A sculpture by Hans Uhlmann still represents the 1960s, and one each by Hans-Jürgen Breuste, Ulrike Enders, Wolf Gloßner and Siegfried Neuenhausen the 1980s. Stephan Balkenhol is represented with a sculpture from 2002 and Vera Burmester with an instruction for action from 2005. (All the following texts are by Thomas Kaestle)