Art at public area

Alpen Quay	Zug
You will find the words "Deep in Thought" chiselled into a large stone right by the lake at "Alpenquai", created by Andrea Wolfensberger (born 1961) from Zurich.

Cantonal School Zug	Zug
Beneath the massive grey extension of the Cantonal School building, glass components dance in a water basin; the softness and lightness of subtle green and blue tones in direct contrast to the heavy-looking building.

Centre for Commercial Education	Zug
Coloured labyrinths decorate the outer walls of the two six-storey stairwells, spread over a height of 1'000 sq. m. Designed by Peter Kogler (born 1959), Austrian.

Department of Education of Zug	Zug
Simple, coloured lines wind their way up the dark stairwell.

Herti	Zug
The steel structure "Turris", by the Italian artist Guiseppe Spagnulo (born 1936) stands between apartment blocks in the Herti district of Zug.

Old Town and Lake Promenade	Zug
From 1996 to 199, the Japanese artist, Tadashi Kawamata (born 1953), created "Work in Progress" - a wooden pathway through Zug, in a joint project with the Art Gallery.

Rigi Square	Zug
The French-Swiss artist, Carmen Perrin (born 1953) created the work "Mémoire d'une strate 1887-1996" (In memory of a Stratum).

Station Square	Zug
Ilya and Emilia Kabakov (Ukraine/USA) created an unusual drinking fountain out of Carrara marble especially for the Station Square. Have you noticed that what at first seems to be an abstract shape is in fact a male torso?

UBS AG

Zug

In front of the UBS building on the square by the Metalli shopping mall, stands a massive sculpture created by the American artist, Mat Mullican (born 1951). Next to it there are two smaller exhibits. The simple, coloured towers of cubes and spheres represent parts of Mullican's subjective cosmology, which finds expression in various media and objects, from computer to poster to flags - right down to the envelope.

Water Works Zug AG	Zug
A big "wave", by the Bernese artist, Balthasar Burkhard (born 1944), breaks in front of the office building.

Zug Art Gallery	Zug
The Art Gallery Zug houses two wonderful works of art by the artists Heinz Gappmayr (Austria) and Richard Tuttle (USA).

Zug Prison	Zug
Zug's penal institution stands right near the railway station: a heavy, bare concrete building behind a high wall, and on this wall, faces have been painted.