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AnGEstoßen: Trainingspause und Handspiel

Kick-off: Training Break and Handball

Gisbert Zimmermann
2006

Gelsenkirchen / AnGEstoßen: Trainingspause und Handspiel

Description

Two steel sculptures of football players.

Gelsenkirchen - AnGEstoßen: Trainingspause und Handspiel
Trainingspause / Training Break
Handspiel / Handball

AnGEstoßen (Kick off)

In 2006 Gisbert Zimmerman created 11 steel sculptures as silent ambassadors of the 2006 World Cup, which have since been reminiscent of the 2006 World Cup at prominent points in the city. Ten of these are in public space in the Kreis Gelsenkirchen, the 11nd is in the hall of the bank on Goldbergplatz.

1, 2, 3: Reservebank, Einwurf und Elfmetertöter.
4: Zweikampf.
5: Trainer.
6, 7: Trainingspause und Handspiel.
8: Fallrückzieher.
9, 10: Abschlag und Flankengott.
11: Fairness, in der Volksbank Ruhr Mitte eG am Goldbergplatz, foto auf Gelsenkirchener Geschichten.

Sculptor

Gisbert Zimmermann (Gelsenkirchen 1946), German sculptor (Gelsenkirchener Geschichten Wiki).

Sources & Information

Stadt Gelsenkirchen, StadtKunst - Kunst im öffentlichen Raum.

Locatie (N 51°29'59" - E 7°6'13") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: denw954; Photograph: 31 July 2022
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