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North Rhine-Westphalia

Düsseldorf District

Mettmann
Erkrath

Homo Erectus Sculpture by Jürgen Batscheider

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Düsseldorf District

Mettmann
Erkrath

Homo Erectus Sculpture by Jürgen Batscheider

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Homo Erectus Sculpture by Jürgen Batscheider

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    March 6, 2022

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    Even as a teenager, Jaume Plensa was fascinated by Neanderthals and their world, unaware that a place with that name existed.

    In the clearing diagonally opposite the mutant now stands his aluminum question mark, titled SOUL. Plensa has realized an abstract symbol from our written communication system as a sculpture, thereby expanding the dimension of the overall project.

    For Plensa, the question of the soul is the question of "ultimate things," of the essence of humanity. For him, it remains a question without expectation of an answer.
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    January 28, 2023

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    I like it when art objects like this one are freely accessible in the landscape and thus reach a much larger audience. So you can follow a completely different path with your thoughts during a hike 👍
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    July 3, 2022

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    Jaume Plensa, born in Barcelona in 1955, focuses primarily on "the interplay of mind and matter, not mere form" in his multifaceted sculptural work. He poetically dissolves the corporeal and …
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    Location: Erkrath, Mettmann, Düsseldorf District, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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