Nobel Metamorphoses

Nobel Metamorphoses (German: Nobel-Metamorphoen) is a 1984 public sculpture by Hans-Jürgen Breuste in Troisdorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.[1]

Located in Alfred-Nobel Platz, at the centre of the pedestrianised main street of the city, the sculpture is a critical comparison of the work and inventions Alfred Nobel, and the eponymous peace prize.[2] Since 1886 the city had been the location of production facilities, and at the time of the sculpture's installation the headquarters, of Dynamit Nobel – the weapons and company founded by Nobel.[3][4]

The work features a "gate" standing three meters tall constructed of stainless steel beams, in the centre of the crossbeam is inscribed "Nobel". However, the gate is blocked by a sheet pierced, tarnished, steel as well as being barricaded by two diagonal beams. Below are two "coffins" – while one is engraved with the names of all peace prize recipients since its inception in 1901, the other is engraved with statistics of war deaths since that same year.[2]

  • Sculpture details

References

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  1. ^ Fintel, Jens von. "Hans-Jürgen Breuste: Nobel-Metamorphosen – Kulturraum.NRW". skulpturen.kulturraum.nrw (in German). Retrieved 2025-09-24.
  2. ^ a b "Nobel-Metamorphosen". Stadt Troisdorf (in German). Retrieved 2025-09-24.
  3. ^ "Kunststoff Museum Troisdorf: --- Teil I, 1865 – 1900". www.kunststoff-museum.de. Archived from the original on 2015-04-02. Retrieved 2025-09-25.
  4. ^ Bonn, General-Anzeiger (2004-08-03). "Dynamit Nobel löst Zentrale in Troisdorf auf". General-Anzeiger Bonn (in German). Retrieved 2025-09-25.

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