im Stande

“Sculptures seek and find their own location” is a basic idea of Erwin Wortelkamp’s that also accompanies his vertical bronze sculpture. It originates from the group of works called Stehenden (Standing Figures) and appears unpretentious, completely natural and light-footed in its close proximity to the Rhine. As Wortelkamp puts it: The sculpture’s vertical emphasis reinforces the dominant horizontal direction of the surrounding landscape.
Viewed from a passing boat, the sculpture is perceived as symbolic and fleeting, rather than as an absolute fixed point, which is the impression it creates when seen from the towpath – where the effect of its size is linked
to the interplay between closeness and distance.
Its outside forms are slightly curved, and there are clearly visible and hard incisions on its surface, which lend a certain rhythm to the entire sculpture.

Erwin Wortelkamp born 1938 in Hamm (Sieg), Rhineland-Palatinate, lives and works in Hasselbach in Westerwald, Rhineland-Palatinate, and Acquaviva Picena, Italy