Siemens : New Siemens building is also a place to encounter art

Munich, 2016-Jun-20

Visitors arriving at the new Siemens headquarters in Munich will be greeted by the impressive sight of the bronze sculpture 'Schwesterngruppe' (Group of Sisters), created by Georg Baselitz. Freely accessible to the public, the sculpture forms part of the company's new, open building concept. Georg Baselitz himself says of his work: 'What you see is memory on a monumental scale: in this case, my sister and her friends walking arm-in-arm across the village square. The tradition of the Three Graces, from Ancient Greece via Botticelli to the present day, is one of the themes of this work. To the best of my knowledge, there has never been a group of figures with interlinked arms in the history of sculpture.'

Joe Kaeser, President and CEO of Siemens AG, declared at the official unveiling of the artwork: 'Our new headquarters is place where encounters occur - including encounters with art. We're very pleased that works by important contemporary art-ists are being showcased in the public section of our new headquarters.'

A second artwork, which stands in direct context to the new Siemens headquarters building, is a sculpture called 'The Wings,' created by architect and artist Daniel Libeskind. Located directly on Munich's Oskar-von-Miller-Ring, it provides a visible point of reference to the new axis linking the city center with the museum district. With two further copies of the sculpture being installed at Siemens' largest location (Erlangen) and the site where the company was founded (Berlin), 'The Wings' sym-bolizes a bridge that connects historically important Siemens locations.

You can find this press release and further press materials at http://www.siemens.com/press/headquarters