The list of guests Gabriele and Dr. Konrad Henkel, whom they received on the occasion of the legendary evening parties at the Chamissostraße 9 estate in Düsseldorf’s sought-after Zooviertel, is more than spectacular: Artists such as Joseph Beuys, Andy Warhol and Frank Stella, the director Robert Wilson, politicians such as the then US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger and his German counterpart Hans-Dietrich Genscher, celebrities such as Gunter Sachs and Johannes Prinz von Thurn und Taxis, bankers such as Jürgen Ponto and Alfred Herrhausen, the philosopher Theodor Adorno, Karl Lagerfeld and FIAT Group boss Gianni Agnelli were among them.
Today, the New Sculpture Park commemorates the German art patron and collector Gabriele Henkel and her eventful life. This time, however, sculptures by internationally renowned artists such as Tony Cragg, Erwin Wurm, Bernar Venet, Julian Schnabel, Heinz Mack, Arne Quinze, Jörg Immendorff, Markus Lüpertz and Jiri Dokoupil are gathered together as silent witnesses to the present. An impressive destination for friends of art and recent history, to which guests of The Wellem Hotel have exclusive access.
He layers colors, splinters and pain to create powerful visual worlds that scream, touch and provoke – while never losing sight of the human element.
Makes living forms grow out of dead material – sculptures that dance, float, whisper, as if they came from another dimension.
Fights against oblivion with every line, paints like a berserker with his heart on the canvas – torn, angry, full of hope.
Captures the light like an alchemist, transforms movement into stillness, technology into poetry – his works shine, breathe, touch the soul.
Turns the world upside down with a mischievous grin, makes refrigerators shake and viewers smile – behind the humor lurks deep seriousness.
Forces steel into curves as if it were soft as clay – monumental arches full of strength and clarity that shape space like thoughts shape an idea.
Builds urban dreams out of wood and paint – wild, luminous structures that transform cities, open hearts and give us back our sense of wonder.
