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Since 21 December 2023, Ulrich Rückriem’s major work “40 Floor Reliefs” has been on display in the upper hall of the Neue Nationalgalerie to mark his 85th birthday: The installation of forty square granite slabs is a homage to Ludwig Mies van der Rohe. The current three-week presentation is a re-enactment of the work conceived especially for the Neue Nationalgalerie in 1998.

The German sculptor Ulrich Rückriem (born 1938) donated his main work “40 Floor Reliefs” to the Nationalgalerie in 1998. Rückriem is known for his massive stone sculptures, often divided into sections, and in 1998 he laid out 40 square slabs in the empty glass hall of the Neue Nationalgalerie. These “40 Floor Reliefs” became part of the Nationalgalerie’s collection and were shown in variations in 2004 and 2009. The Neue Nationalgalerie is now showing a re-enactment of the installation, which was specially conceived for the museum’s unique architecture, to mark the artist’s 85th birthday. …

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Image above: Ulrich Rückriem, 40 Bodenreliefs 1998/2023, Installation view Neue Nationalgalerie, 2009© Nationalgalerie, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin / Photo: Roman März

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