page_title: Viersen sculpture collection
section_title: Significance and works
hierarchical_section_title: Viersen sculpture collection / Significance and works
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Skulptur "New Star" (Mark di Suvero, 1986-1987) in der Skulpturensammlung Viersen English: "New Star" (Mark di Suvero, 1986-1987) in the public Sculpture Park of Viersen, Germany.
context_page_description: The Viersen Sculpture Collection belongs to the major sculpture parks in Germany and is located in the center of Viersen.
context_section_description: A special attraction within the collection is the bronze Articulated column by the English artist Tony Cragg (1996), which was created especially for the Viersen Sculpture Park. The first sculpture was the in 1989 erected Monument consisting of Eifel basalt by the artist Erwin Heerich (1922-2004), then teaching art at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf. Above that the artist presented the collection in 1992 with a bird bath from the same material, as well as several benches made of steel and stone, which go very well with the other artworks in the park.
  Other important works of the Sculpture Park are:
  David Lauer: Figur, body of bronze on base of basalt (1989)
  Karl Horst Hödicke: Kaspar, bronze sculptured column (1989)
  Wolfgang Nestler: Position im Schwerpunkt (1997)
  Roberto Matta: Chaosmos (2002)
  Günther Haese: Optimus II, kinetic installation (2007)
  Wang Du: China Daily (2010)
  In 1999 a special edition of graphic works by artists who had contributed to the Viersen Sculpture Collection was published, the profits of which were meant to go into the acquisition of further works of art. In addition the Viersener Heimatverein published several art historic brochures on the respective works of art.
caption: New Star
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