Sculptures and installations
The Bundesbank’s offices house a large number of sculptures and installations by acclaimed artists such as Tony Cragg, Bogomir Ecker, Alf Lechner and Joseph Kosuth. Most of those works were created or purchased to occupy a particular space in new buildings that were being constructed at that time, as "Kunst am Bau" [public art] projects. The installations respond in totally different ways to their respective settings. In Düsseldorf, Tony Cragg integrates four different sculptures into the building which thematise the geographical and industrial surroundings; in Oldenburg, meanwhile, Bogomir Ecker creates a link between the real urban space and the building’s interior.
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Horst Antes, Head 73, 1973
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Max Bill, Plane borne of a spiral, 1974
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Tony Cragg, Boulders, 1992
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Alf Lechner, Circle within a semi-circle, 1991
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Bogomir Ecker, Sculpture for the Land Central Bank in Oldenburg, 1999
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Albrecht Schäfer, Chandelier, 2009
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Jesús Rafael Soto, Installation in the Entrance Hall in the Central Office, 1972
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Victor Vasarely and Yvaral, Interior design for dining room, 1972