1.0 rich Street Art Cities https://streetartcities.com The "Carbon Obelisk" is a 14-meter-tall outdoor sculpture by American artist Rita McBride. It was created for the Emscherkunst exhibition during the Ruhr.2010 European Capital of Culture year. The monument stands in Essen-Karnap directly along the Emscher Park bike path, just north of the Schurenbachhalde slag heap.The high-tech material carbon creates a conceptual link to the region's industrial past based on coal (carbon). The sculpture marks the structural transformation of the Emscher region from an industrial waste canal to a recreational nature area. It stands in direct line of sight to Richard Serra's famous "Slab for the Ruhr District" landmark. Andrea Ranke (streetartwalks) https://streetartcities.com/users/51f372c8-94ee-4e71-9262-bc43e92d4dc4 https://streetartcities.com/media/d/d52d0c74-27fa-4a93-943d-da84946ae400/1024.jpg 1024 480 480 <iframe src="https://streetartcities.com/markers/5725d7be-824d-42ad-a85a-e8762da14706/embed" width="480" height="480" style="border:none;border-radius:12px;max-width:100%;" loading="lazy" allow="fullscreen; storage-access" title="Carbon Obelisk by Rita McBride"></iframe> 3600