Granit, gespalten
In Wiesbaden, Germany, Granit, gespalten rises as a vertical sculpture by Ulrich Rückriem, set within the urban skyline. Its light-grey surface comes from Finnish granite. Created in 1984, the work brings split stone blocks together after cutting, grinding, and polishing. Drill holes and cuts remain visible.
A large block first breaks apart in a quarry, then separate pieces receive further shaping before returning to an assembled form. The stone records the artist’s hand. Some sections remain absent, creating variations within the structure and exposing the balance between material and process. Its vertical orientation sets the granite against Wiesbaden’s skyline, linking material, form, measure, and location. The unfinished marks keep that exchange visible.
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Spots like this one are the stops myTuur strings into tours through Wiesbaden. In the app, each story begins where you stand: walk up to a spot and it starts, read it on screen or listen as you go, then follow the route to the next one.
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myTuur is a free city-guide app. Its tours are built from spots, and each spot carries a story that starts when you get there, to read or to listen to as you like.