Harald Pflitsch: We are crossing borders

Two abstract figures, depicted in profile, stand facing each other on the banks of the Wupper River. The river separates the two, which are walking towards each other. Colloquially, the figures are called Wuppermännchen (Wupper Men).

• Year and place of birth of the artist: 1946/Radevormwald
  
• Type: Sculpture group
• Year of origin: 2003
• Material: stainless steel
• Height: 200 cm
• Width: 600 cm
• Occasion: The figures were created as part of the "Gesamtkunstwerk Wupper - 116 Kunstwerke für die Region" project; one sculpture each was donated by the company PFLITSCH GmbH & Co.KG and the company Haeckerstahl.
• Location: The two sculptures can be seen from the bridge.
• Further information: The company philosophy of PFLITSCH GmbH & Co.KG (cabling of industrial plants) reinterprets the idiom "to go over the Wupper" to mean that boundaries can be crossed. The company stands for cosmopolitanism.