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Ruhr Region

View of the Ball by Rolf Glasmeier

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Münster District

Ruhr Region

View of the Ball by Rolf Glasmeier

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View of the Ball by Rolf Glasmeier

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  • Location: Ruhr Region, Münster District, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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    March 3, 2023

    Hiking

    A spherical gas tank between the Emscher and the Rhine-Herne Canal on Uechtigstrasse in Gelsenkirchen.
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    September 27, 2017

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    "In the mid-eighties, Rolf Glasmeier supplied the design for the painting of the ball gas tank on the Rhein-Herne-Kanal.With the yellow dots on a blue background and the red columns, the barrel-sized gas tank looks like a light, funny ball to the technical system, which is also secured with signs that mark a security zone.

    With this ambivalence of heavy and light, playful and dangerous, Glasmeier has set an exciting counterpoint in the technically influenced landscape and thus created one of the first works of art on the Rhine-Herne Canal. "Source: kulturkanal.ruhr/der -ball-Rolf-glass Meier-1985
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    January 16, 2021

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    On the banks of the Rhine-Herne Canal is this structure that quickly catches the eye thanks to its bright colors. The spherical gas container was painted in the mid-1980s, based …
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    Location: Ruhr Region, Münster District, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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