Another PURPLE PATH artwork is unveiled
Ceremonial handover of a sculpture by the artist Osmar Osten: on 30 November, 11 a.m., Schillerplatz
On Saturday, 30 November at 11 a.m., the artwork "Oben - Mit (oder: Ein Denkmal für die guten Geister meiner Heimat)" by artist Osmar Osten will be ceremonially unveiled on Schillerplatz. The sculpture is the 23rd artwork on the PURPLE PATH art and sculpture trail, which will connect the European Capital of Culture Chemnitz 2025 with 38 locations in the region, and the first artistic work with which Chemnitz is represented in the flagship project of the European Capital of Culture.
Representatives of the media are also invited. Due to the barriers still in place on Schillerplatz, the meeting point will be at the corner of Karl-Liebknecht-Straße and Richard-Tauber-Straße.
In addition to Lord Mayor Sven Schulze and Stefan Schmidtke, Managing Director Programme of the European Capital of Culture Chemnitz 2025 gGmbH, who will give welcoming addresses, representatives of the Free State of Saxony as well as mayors from the cultural region have been invited. Alexander Ochs, the curator of the PURPLE PATH, will introduce the work. The artist Osmar Osten will also be present.
The artwork will be located on Schillerplatz, whose park is currently being redesigned, not least in view of the upcoming Capital of Culture year.
Part of the more than 3 metre high work of art is a group of figures representing nutcrackers, miners and angels from the Ore Mountains. The snowman already depicted in other works of art by Osmar Osten is also represented. The curator of the PURPLE PATH art project, Alexander Ochs, and co-author Ulrike Pennewitz say that the "good spirits of my homeland", as Osten has ambiguously expanded the title of the group of figures, are to be understood both as a loving homage to the Ore Mountains and as a distancing from the tourist and commercial appropriation of local identities.
Background:
The PURPLE PATH art and sculpture trail, which is supported by the Free State of Saxony, connects Chemnitz as European Capital of Culture 2025 with 38 locations in the region. By 2025, a unique collection of contemporary art in public spaces will be created with works by regional, national and international artists.
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