Türhüter Sculptures by Wilhelm Schiefer in Vorster Wald

Ambitious art in the Vorster forest. Who likes it.

Group of figures by WILHELM SCHIEFERIn autumn 2021, the sculpture ensemble "Doorkeeper" by Wilhelm Schiefer was erected in the Vorster Wald and inaugurated in spring 2022. It is a group of four identical wooden figures that are of different heights (340 cm, 280 cm, 230 cm, 180 cm) and are aligned in a longitudinal axis, staggered from large to small.The group of figures was created in 1989 and exhibited in the same year at the Great International Music Fair in Moscow's Olympic Stadium. In the following years, the "Doorkeepers" were on display in the park of the Düsseldorf Malkasten and in Selikumer Park in Neuss. After that, the wooden sculptures were only erected as individual figures in different locations. The largest of the four figures was most recently at home in the Tuppenhof.(...)The title "Doorkeeper" is borrowed from the story "Before the Law" by Franz Kafka. In it, the author describes a man who asks to enter the "law". But a doorkeeper refuses him entry. The man keeps asking for entry, all his life. He is never granted entry, and he will never dare to walk through the entrance despite the ban, because the doorkeeper prophesies to him: "I am powerful. And I am only the lowest doorkeeper. But there are doorkeepers from room to room, each more powerful than the other." With Wilhelm Schiefer's "doorkeepers", which stand one behind the other in an axis, the viewer can decide for himself whether to pass the first "doorkeeper" to stand in front of the next one.The group of figures is a gift from the sculptor Wilhelm Schiefer to our art association. The association is responsible for the new production of the wooden figures, their installation and future maintenance with the help of private donors. The city also contributed generously to the financing. But significantly more than half of the financing volume was raised through donations from members and the association's assets.Source and link to the full article:
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