Zollverein Mural - Essen, Germany
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N 51° 29.118 E 007° 02.708
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The mural on the transformer station near the world heritage site
Waymark Code: WMNF24
Location: Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
Date Posted: 03/03/2015
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This beautiful paintings are located in the city of Essen, Gelsenkirchener Straße, on the wall of a transformer station of RWE AG.
There was an art-project in 2008 between pupils of Gustav-Heinemann-Gesamtschule and RWE-AG. The emerging artists had got professional help from the artist Susanne Faber.
The former grey wall now has colourful puzzle pieces showing tourist attractions of Essen as well as international attractions. The title of the painting is "Denk Mal".
You can see for example:
Grugahalle-Essen,
Zollverein-Essen,
RWE-Tower-Essen,
Tetraeder-Bottrop,
Brandenburger Tor-Berlin,
Leaning Tower-Pisa,
Tower Bridge-London,
Statue of Liberty-New York.
City: Essen
Location Name: Building
Artist: Pupils of Gustav-Heinemann-Gesamtschule
Date: 2008
Media: Painting on plaster
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