Art
and
Sculpture
Trail_
Art and
Sculpture
Trail_
Art and
Sculpture
Trail_
Art and
Sculpture Trail_
The PURPLE PATH is an exhibition of contemporary art in the open air. It unfolds in the region around Chemnitz, in Central Saxony, the Ore Mountains and the Zwickau region. Stars of the contemporary art scene such as Leiko Ikemura, Monika Sosnowska, Jeppe Hein and Michael Sailstorfer meet up with relevant Saxons such as Jana Gunstheimer, Via Lewandowsky and documenta artist Olaf Holzapfel. Chemnitz artists such as Johann Belz, Gregor-Torsten Kozik and Michael Morgner have remained largely unknown in the West. Here, their works meet those of international classics such as Daniel Buren, Alice Aycock or James Turrell. The PURPLE PATH was curated by Alexander Ochs.
Art and history
The PURPLE PATH is a storyteller: behind the foil of the installed artworks, a history of the region is formulated, a narrative of mining and industry, exploitation and profit, marginalisation and solidarity, as well as a history of precarity and innovation that continues to this day. Works by more than 60 artists can be found on industrial wastelands, at railway stations, on riverbanks or in the still waters of a millrace. They correspond with farm and textile museums, connect with castles and old churches, their organs and their art.
From work to work
Travel along designated country roads or use a network of well-functioning buses and trains; cycle through landscapes shaped by mining, often with wonderfully soft contours, or hike from artwork to artwork through dense forests along wildly flowing rivers. Become a purple pathfinder and make your own way from work to work.
Routes on the PURPLE PATH
The art and sculpture trail is an invitation to embark on a personal journey of discovery: to breathtaking works of art, local stories, scenic features and cultural highlights. We have prepared exemplary routes for you, but there are no fixed guidelines. Follow your own rhythm and curiosity and let the art enter into a dialogue with its surroundings and their history.
