Abteiberg Museum
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Museum
A museum is an institution that cares for a collection of artifacts and other objects of scientific, artistic, cultural, or historical importance and makes them available for public viewing through exhibits that may be permanent or temporary. Most large museums are located in major cities...
for contemporary art
Contemporary art
Contemporary art can be defined variously as art produced at this present point in time or art produced since World War II. The definition of the word contemporary would support the first view, but museums of contemporary art commonly define their collections as consisting of art produced...
in the German city Mönchengladbach
Mönchengladbach
Mönchengladbach , formerly known as Münchengladbach, is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located west of the Rhine half way between Düsseldorf and the Dutch border....
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Since the 1970s, the museum has been known for its experimental and avant-garde
Avant-garde
Avant-garde means "advance guard" or "vanguard". The adjective form is used in English to refer to people or works that are experimental or innovative, particularly with respect to art, culture, and politics....
exhibitions, starting with director Johannes Cladders (1967-1985), and also its museum architecture, designed by Austrian architect Hans Hollein
Hans Hollein
Hans Hollein, is an Austrian architect and designer.Hollein achieved a diploma at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna in 1956, then attended the Illinois Institute of Technology in 1959 and the University of California, Berkeley in 1960...
- a highpoint of postmodern design
Postmodern architecture
Postmodern architecture began as an international style the first examples of which are generally cited as being from the 1950s, but did not become a movement until the late 1970s and continues to influence present-day architecture...
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Directors of the Museum
- 1907‒1933 Carl Schurz
- 1933‒1945 Julius Koenzgens
- 1945‒1967 Heinrich Dattenberg
- 1967‒1985 Johannes Cladders
- 1985‒1994 Dierk Stemmler
- 1995‒2003 Veit Loers
- since 2004 Susanne Titz
ExpressionismExpressionismExpressionism was a modernist movement, initially in poetry and painting, originating in Germany at the beginning of the 20th century. Its typical trait is to present the world solely from a subjective perspective, distorting it radically for emotional effect in order to evoke moods or ideas...
- Ernst BarlachErnst BarlachErnst Barlach was a German expressionist sculptor, printmaker and writer. Although he was a supporter of the war in the years leading to World War I, his participation in the war made him change his position, and he is mostly known for his sculptures protesting against the war...
, Head of the Güstrow Memorial, 1927 - Wladimir Bechtejew, Two Bathing Women at the Beach, 1910
- Heinrich CampendonkHeinrich CampendonkHeinrich Campendonk was a Dutch painter of German birth.He was born in Krefeld. He was a member of the Der Blaue Reiter group, from 1911 to 1912. When the Nazi regime came to power in 1933, he was among the many modernists condemned as degenerate artists, and prohibited from exhibiting...
, Shepherdess with Animals, around 1917 - Heinrich CampendonkHeinrich CampendonkHeinrich Campendonk was a Dutch painter of German birth.He was born in Krefeld. He was a member of the Der Blaue Reiter group, from 1911 to 1912. When the Nazi regime came to power in 1933, he was among the many modernists condemned as degenerate artists, and prohibited from exhibiting...
, Red Shepherd with Animals, 1928 - Erich HeckelErich HeckelErich Heckel was a German painter and printmaker, and a founding member of the Die Brücke group which existed 1905-1913.-Biography:Heckel was born in Döbeln . His parents were born in Saxony...
, Street in Berlin, 1911 - Erich HeckelErich HeckelErich Heckel was a German painter and printmaker, and a founding member of the Die Brücke group which existed 1905-1913.-Biography:Heckel was born in Döbeln . His parents were born in Saxony...
, Beach at Osterholz, 1913 - Erich HeckelErich HeckelErich Heckel was a German painter and printmaker, and a founding member of the Die Brücke group which existed 1905-1913.-Biography:Heckel was born in Döbeln . His parents were born in Saxony...
, Madmen eating, 1914 - Erich HeckelErich HeckelErich Heckel was a German painter and printmaker, and a founding member of the Die Brücke group which existed 1905-1913.-Biography:Heckel was born in Döbeln . His parents were born in Saxony...
, Flandric Plains, 1916 - Alexej von JawlenskyAlexej von JawlenskyAlexej Georgewitsch von Jawlensky was a Russian expressionist painter active in Germany. He was a key member of the New Munich Artist's Association , Der Blaue Reiter group and later the Die Blaue Vier .-Life and work:Alexej von Jawlensky was born in Torzhok, a town in Tver...
, Lady with a blue Hat, 1912/13 - Anton Kerschbaumer, Möckernbrücke in Berlin, 1926
- Ernst Ludwig KirchnerErnst Ludwig KirchnerErnst Ludwig Kirchner was a German expressionist painter and printmaker and one of the founders of the artists group Die Brücke or "The Bridge", a key group leading to the foundation of Expressionism in 20th century art. He volunteered for army service in the First World War, but soon suffered a...
, Female Nude in the Greens, 1914/15 - Wilhelm LehmbruckWilhelm LehmbruckWilhelm Lehmbruck was a German sculptor.- Biography :Born in Duisburg, he studied sculpture arts at the academy of arts in Düsseldorf and contributed to an exhibition at the Grand Palais in Paris. From 1910–1914 he lived in Paris, where he met Modigliani, Brancusi, and Archipenko...
, Little Female Torso (Hagen Torso), 1910/11 - Franz MarcFranz MarcFranz Marc was a German painter and printmaker, one of the key figures of the German Expressionist movement...
, Landscape with a rainbow, 1913 - Ewald MataréEwald MataréEwald Wilhelm Hubert Mataré was a German painter and sculptor, who dealt with, among other things, the figures of men and animals in a stylized form.-Career:...
, Large Lying Cow, 1930 - Otto MuellerOtto MuellerOtto Mueller or Müller was a German painter and printmaker of the Die Brücke expressionist movement.-Life and work:...
, Forest, um 1923 - Heinrich Nauen,Garden, 1913
- Hermann Max PechsteinMax PechsteinHermann Max Pechstein was a German expressionist painter and printmaker, and a member of Die Brücke group.-Life and career:...
, Upcoming Thunderstorm, 1919 - Hermann Max PechsteinMax PechsteinHermann Max Pechstein was a German expressionist painter and printmaker, and a member of Die Brücke group.-Life and career:...
, Mother and Child (Artist's wife and son), 1920 - Christian RohlfsChristian RohlfsChristian Rohlfs was a German painter, one of the important representatives of German expressionism....
, God Creating the first Man, 1916 - Christian RohlfsChristian RohlfsChristian Rohlfs was a German painter, one of the important representatives of German expressionism....
, Hunted Man, 1918
ConstructivismConstructivism (art)Constructivism was an artistic and architectural philosophy that originated in Russia beginning in 1919, which was a rejection of the idea of autonomous art. The movement was in favour of art as a practice for social purposes. Constructivism had a great effect on modern art movements of the 20th...
- Willi BaumeisterWilli BaumeisterWilli Baumeister was a German painter, scenic designer, art professor, and typographer.-Life:Willi Baumeister, born in Stuttgart in 1889, completed an apprenticeship as a decorative painter in his native city from 1905 to 1907, followed by military service...
, Plains (The Painter I), 1920 - Rudolf BellingRudolf BellingRudolf Belling was a German sculptor.-Artistic theories:At the very beginning of the 20th century Rudolf Belling’s name was something like a battlecry. The composer of the "Dreiklang" evoked frequent and hefty discussions...
, Sculpture 23, 1923/1966 - Karl Buchheister, Variation in Black and White, 1927
- Alexander CalderAlexander CalderAlexander Calder was an American sculptor and artist most famous for inventing mobile sculptures. In addition to mobile and stable sculpture, Alexander Calder also created paintings, lithographs, toys, tapestry, jewelry and household objects.-Childhood:Alexander "Sandy" Calder was born in Lawnton,...
, Silverwhite, um 1953 - Otto Coenen, Still Life with Alarm Clock, 1931
- Otto Coenen, Landscape with a white House, 1932
- Sonja Delaunay-Terk, no title, 1916
- Otto FreundlichOtto FreundlichOtto Freundlich was a German painter and sculptor of Jewish origin and one of the first generation of abstract artists.-Life:...
, Composition in Gray, um 1935 - Heinrich HoerleHeinrich HoerleHeinrich Hoerle was a German constructivist artist of the New Objectivity movement.Hoerle was born in Cologne. He studied at the Cologne School of Arts and Crafts but was mostly self-taught as an artist. After military service in World War I he met Franz Wilhelm Seiwert in 1919 and worked with him...
, Rhenian Landscape, 1932 - Heinrich HoerleHeinrich HoerleHeinrich Hoerle was a German constructivist artist of the New Objectivity movement.Hoerle was born in Cologne. He studied at the Cologne School of Arts and Crafts but was mostly self-taught as an artist. After military service in World War I he met Franz Wilhelm Seiwert in 1919 and worked with him...
, Standing Female Nude, um 1935 - Boris Kleint, Black and White Disk, 1938
- Frank KupkaFrantišek KupkaFrantišek Kupka was a Czech painter and graphic artist. He was a pioneer and co-founder of the early phases of the abstract art movement and Orphic cubism...
, Panneau décoratif, before 1924 - Frank KupkaFrantišek KupkaFrantišek Kupka was a Czech painter and graphic artist. He was a pioneer and co-founder of the early phases of the abstract art movement and Orphic cubism...
, Deux Gris I, 1928 - Bart van der LeckBart van der LeckBart van der Leck was a Dutch painter, designer, and ceramacist. With Theo van Doesburg and Piet Mondrian he founded the De Stijl art movement....
, Arbres, 1922/23 - Oskar SchlemmerOskar SchlemmerOskar Schlemmer was a German painter, sculptor, designer and choreographer associated with the Bauhaus school. In 1923 he was hired as Master of Form at the Bauhaus theatre workshop, after working some time at the workshop of sculpture...
, Abstract Figure (Grotesque), 1923/64 - Oskar SchlemmerOskar SchlemmerOskar Schlemmer was a German painter, sculptor, designer and choreographer associated with the Bauhaus school. In 1923 he was hired as Master of Form at the Bauhaus theatre workshop, after working some time at the workshop of sculpture...
, Three Nudes, 1929 - Franz Wilhelm SeiwertFranz Wilhelm SeiwertFranz Wilhelm Seiwert Franz Wilhelm Seiwert Franz Wilhelm Seiwert (March 9, 1894 – July 3, 1933 was a German painter and sculptor in a constructivist style.right|thumb|Selbstbildnis (Self-portrait) by Franz Wilhelm Seiwert, 1928, oil on canvas, 79 x 50 cm, Von der Heydt-Museum, [[Wuppertal]]...
, Feierabend I, 1925 - Nikolaj Michailowitsch Suetin, no title, around 1920
- Friedrich Vordemberge-GildewartFriedrich Vordemberge-GildewartFriedrich Vordemberge-Gildewart was a German Neo-plasticist painter...
, Composition Nr. 149, 1945
DadaDadaDada or Dadaism is a cultural movement that began in Zurich, Switzerland, during World War I and peaked from 1916 to 1922. The movement primarily involved visual arts, literature—poetry, art manifestoes, art theory—theatre, and graphic design, and concentrated its anti-war politics through a...
- Marcel DuchampMarcel DuchampMarcel Duchamp was a French artist whose work is most often associated with the Dadaist and Surrealist movements. Considered by some to be one of the most important artists of the 20th century, Duchamp's output influenced the development of post-World War I Western art...
, La Mariée mise à nu par ses Célibataires, même (Boîte verte), 1934 - Marcel DuchampMarcel DuchampMarcel Duchamp was a French artist whose work is most often associated with the Dadaist and Surrealist movements. Considered by some to be one of the most important artists of the 20th century, Duchamp's output influenced the development of post-World War I Western art...
, De ou par Marcel Duchamp ou Rrose Sélavy, 1966 - Max ErnstMax ErnstMax Ernst was a German painter, sculptor, graphic artist, and poet. A prolific artist, Ernst was one of the primary pioneers of the Dada movement and Surrealism.-Early life:...
, Arizona-Landscape, nach 1946 - Wasily Kamensky, Mousetrap, 1915
- Kurt SchwittersKurt SchwittersKurt Hermann Eduard Karl Julius Schwitters was a German painter who was born in Hanover, Germany. Schwitters worked in several genres and media, including Dada, Constructivism, Surrealism, poetry, sound, painting, sculpture, graphic design, typography and what came to be known as...
, The Whale, 1924
InformelTachismeTachisme is a French style of abstract painting popular in the 1940s and 1950s. It is often considered to be the European equivalent to abstract expressionism...
- Peter Brüning, Composition 1/59, 1959
- Karl Fred Dahmen, Samum, 1957
- Karl Otto Goetz, Soel, 1964
- Wilhelm Nay, Corroborée, 1954
PhotographyPhotographyPhotography is the art, science and practice of creating durable images by recording light or other electromagnetic radiation, either electronically by means of an image sensor or chemically by means of a light-sensitive material such as photographic film...
- Man RayMan RayMan Ray , born Emmanuel Radnitzky, was an American artist who spent most of his career in Paris, France. Perhaps best described simply as a modernist, he was a significant contributor to both the Dada and Surrealist movements, although his ties to each were informal...
, Portrait of James Joyce, 1922/59 - Man RayMan RayMan Ray , born Emmanuel Radnitzky, was an American artist who spent most of his career in Paris, France. Perhaps best described simply as a modernist, he was a significant contributor to both the Dada and Surrealist movements, although his ties to each were informal...
, Kiki's Lips, 1929/59 - Man RayMan RayMan Ray , born Emmanuel Radnitzky, was an American artist who spent most of his career in Paris, France. Perhaps best described simply as a modernist, he was a significant contributor to both the Dada and Surrealist movements, although his ties to each were informal...
, Tears, 1933/59 - Man RayMan RayMan Ray , born Emmanuel Radnitzky, was an American artist who spent most of his career in Paris, France. Perhaps best described simply as a modernist, he was a significant contributor to both the Dada and Surrealist movements, although his ties to each were informal...
, Women with open Hair, 1931/59 - Man RayMan RayMan Ray , born Emmanuel Radnitzky, was an American artist who spent most of his career in Paris, France. Perhaps best described simply as a modernist, he was a significant contributor to both the Dada and Surrealist movements, although his ties to each were informal...
, Selfportrait with Camera 1931/59 - Man RayMan RayMan Ray , born Emmanuel Radnitzky, was an American artist who spent most of his career in Paris, France. Perhaps best described simply as a modernist, he was a significant contributor to both the Dada and Surrealist movements, although his ties to each were informal...
, Antique Head with Mirror, 1931/59
Op artOp artOp art, also known as optical art, is a style of visual art that makes use of optical illusions."Optical art is a method of painting concerning the interaction between illusion and picture plane, between understanding and seeing." Op art works are abstract, with many of the better known pieces made...
- Yaacov AgamYaacov AgamYaacov Agam is an Israeli sculptor and experimental artist best known for his contributions to optical and kinetic art.-Biography:Yaakov Agam was born Yaakov Gipstein on May 11, 1928, in Rishon LeZion, then Mandate Palestine...
, Ambiance, 1955 - Gerhard von Graevenitz, Moving Object, 1971
- Adolf Luther, 10 x 10 Concave Mirrors, 1968
- Francois MorelletFrançois MorelletFrançois Morellet is a contemporary French painter, engraver, sculptor and light artist. His early work prefigured Minimal art and Conceptual art, and he has played an important role in geometrical abstraction over the past half century.-Career:After a short period of figurative/representational...
, Wire Grating, 1959/60 - Jesús Rafael SotoJesús Rafael SotoJesús Rafael Soto was a Venezuelan op and kinetic artist, a sculptor and a painter.He was born in Ciudad Bolívar, Venezuela. He began his artistic career as a boy painting cinema posters in his native city...
, Vibration-Object, 1963 - Victor VasarelyVictor VasarelyVictor Vasarely was a Hungarian French artist whose work is generally seen aligned with Op-art.His work entitled Zebra, created by Vasarely in the 1930s, is considered by some to be one of the earliest examples of Op-art...
, Alphard, 1957
Zero
- Heinz MackHeinz MackHeinz Mack is a German artist. Together with Otto Piene he founded the ZERO movement in 1957. He exhibited works at documenta in 1964 and 1977 and he represented Germany at the 1970 Venice Biennale. He is best known for his contributions to op art, light art and kinetic art.- Biography :Heinz Mack...
, Silver-Dynamo, 1965 - Heinz MackHeinz MackHeinz Mack is a German artist. Together with Otto Piene he founded the ZERO movement in 1957. He exhibited works at documenta in 1964 and 1977 and he represented Germany at the 1970 Venice Biennale. He is best known for his contributions to op art, light art and kinetic art.- Biography :Heinz Mack...
, White in White, 1959 - Otto PieneOtto PieneOtto Piene is a German artist. He lives and works in Düsseldorf and Groton, Massachusetts.-Biography:...
, Whitewhitewhite (Ton I), 1959/60 - Günther UeckerGünther UeckerGünther Uecker, also known as Guenther Uecker, is a German sculptor, op artist and installation artist.- Biography :...
, Phantom I, 1963 - Günther UeckerGünther UeckerGünther Uecker, also known as Guenther Uecker, is a German sculptor, op artist and installation artist.- Biography :...
, Great Wind, 1966
Nouveau Réalisme
- ArmanArmanArman was a French-born American artist. Born Armand Pierre Fernandez in Nice, France, Arman is a painter who moved from using the objects as paintbrushes to using them as the painting itself...
, Les tampons buvards, 1961 - Francois Dufrêne, Eye, 1960
- Raymond HainsRaymond HainsRaymond Hains was a French artist and photographer.-Biography:In 1945, Hains briefly enrolled in the sculpture course at the École des Beaux-Arts, Rennes and met Jacques de la Villeglé that same year. He then collaborated with E. Sougez as a photographer for France-Illustration...
, Affiche lacérée sur tôle, 1961 - Yves KleinYves KleinYves Klein was a French artist considered an important figure in post-war European art. He is the leading member of the French artistic movement of Nouveau réalisme founded in 1960 by the art critic Pierre Restany...
, Monochrome bleu, 1959 - Yves KleinYves KleinYves Klein was a French artist considered an important figure in post-war European art. He is the leading member of the French artistic movement of Nouveau réalisme founded in 1960 by the art critic Pierre Restany...
, Monogold, 1960 - Yves KleinYves KleinYves Klein was a French artist considered an important figure in post-war European art. He is the leading member of the French artistic movement of Nouveau réalisme founded in 1960 by the art critic Pierre Restany...
, Victoire de Samothrace, 1962 - Martial RaysseMartial RaysseMartial Raysse is a French artist born in Golfe-Juan on 12 February 1936. He lives in Issigeac - France.-Biography: Raysse was born in a ceramicist family in Vallauris and began to paint and write poetry at age 12. After studying and practising athleticism at a high level, he began to accumulate...
, Supermarket, 1961 - Mimmo RotellaMimmo RotellaDomenico "Mimmo" Rotella, , was an Italian artist and poet best known for his works of décollage and psychogeographics, made from torn advertising posters.Rotella was born in Catanzaro, Calabria....
, Grande Comp, 1961 - Daniel SpoerriDaniel SpoerriDaniel Spoerri is a Swiss artist and writer born in Romania, who has been called "the central figure of European post-war art" and "one of the most renown[ed] [artists] of the 20th century." Spoerri is best known for his "snare-pictures," a type of assemblage or object art, in which he captures...
, Tableau piège chez Tinguelay, 1960 - Jean TinguelyJean TinguelyJean Tinguely was a Swiss painter and sculptor. He is best known for his sculptural machines or kinetic art, in the Dada tradition; known officially as metamechanics...
, Hommage à Duchamp, 1960 - Jacques de la Villeglé, no title (Vér), 1962
Pop ArtPop artPop art is an art movement that emerged in the mid 1950s in Britain and in the late 1950s in the United States. Pop art challenged tradition by asserting that an artist's use of the mass-produced visual commodities of popular culture is contiguous with the perspective of fine art...
- Richard HamiltonRichard Hamilton (artist)Richard William Hamilton, CH was a British painter and collage artist. His 1956 collage, Just what is it that makes today's homes so different, so appealing?, produced for the This Is Tomorrow exhibition of the Independent Group in London, is considered by critics and historians to be one of the...
, Toaster, 1967 - Roy LichtensteinRoy LichtensteinRoy Lichtenstein was a prominent American pop artist. During the 1960s his paintings were exhibited at the Leo Castelli Gallery in New York City and along with Andy Warhol, Jasper Johns, James Rosenquist and others he became a leading figure in the new art movement...
, Bread in Bag, 1961 - George SegalGeorge Segal (artist)George Segal was an American painter and sculptor associated with the Pop Art movement. He was presented with a National Medal of Arts in 1999.-Works:...
, Man seated at table, 1960 - Tom WesselmannTom WesselmannTom Wesselmann was an American artist associated with the Pop art movement who worked in painting, collage and sculpture.-Early years:...
, Still Life # 27, 1963 - Andy WarholAndy WarholAndrew Warhola , known as Andy Warhol, was an American painter, printmaker, and filmmaker who was a leading figure in the visual art movement known as pop art...
, Campell's Soup, 1962 - Andy WarholAndy WarholAndrew Warhola , known as Andy Warhol, was an American painter, printmaker, and filmmaker who was a leading figure in the visual art movement known as pop art...
, Louis M., Nr. 10 of 13 Most wanted Men, 1963
Minimal Art
- Carl AndreCarl AndreCarl Andre is an American minimalist artist recognized for his ordered linear format and grid format sculptures. His sculptures range from large public artworks to more intimate tile patterns arranged on the floor of an exhibition space Carl Andre (born September 16, 1935) is an American...
, 8001 Mönchengladbach Square 8002 Mönchengladbach Square, 1968 - Donald JuddDonald JuddDonald Clarence Judd was an American artist associated with minimalism . In his work, Judd sought autonomy and clarity for the constructed object and the space created by it, ultimately achieving a rigorously democratic presentation without compositional hierarchy...
, no title, 1973 - Bruce NaumanBruce NaumanBruce Nauman is a contemporary American artist. His practice spans a broad range of media including sculpture, photography, neon, video, drawing, printmaking, and performance. Nauman lives in Galisteo, New Mexico....
, Forced Perspective, 1975 - Sol LeWittSol LeWittSolomon "Sol" LeWitt was an American artist linked to various movements, including Conceptual art and Minimalism....
, Modular Piece, 1966
Buildings of the Museum
- 1901‒1904 Rooms within the city hall of Mönchengladbach
- 1904‒1925 Former Protestant school on the Fliescherberg (demolished)
- 1926‒1944 Karl-Brandts-Haus on the Kaiserstraße (demolished in World War II)
- 1924‒1934 and 1945‒1982 Oskar-Kühlen-Haus on the Bismarckstraße 97
- since 1982 Städtisches Museum Abteiberg on the Abteistraße
On the collection of the museum
- Sabine Kimpel-Fehlemann, Walter Kaesbach-Stiftung. 1922‒1937 ‒ Die Geschichte einer expressionistischen Sammlung in Mönchengladbach, Mönchengladbach 1979
- Städtisches Museum Abteiberg Mönchengladbach (Hrsg.), Städtisches Museum Abteiberg Mönchengladbach, Braunschweig 1982
- Städtisches Museum Abteiberg Mönchengladbach (Hrsg.), Sammlung Etzold ‒ Ein Zeitdokument, Mönchengladbach 1986
- Städtisches Museum Abteiberg Mönchengladbach (Hrsg.), Kunst der Gegenwart. 1900 bis 1960, Bestandskatalog, Mönchengladbach 1988
- Städtisches Museum Abteiberg Mönchengladbach (Hrsg.), Kunst der ersten Jahrhunderthälfte. 1900 bis 1960, Bestandskatalog, Mönchengladbach 1990
- Museumsverein Mönchengladbach, Jahresgaben des Museumsvereins. 1972‒1991, Bestandskatalog, Mönchengladbach 1992
- Städtisches Museum Abteiberg Mönchengladbach (Hrsg.), Städtisches Museum Abteiberg, Mönchengladbach 2002
- Städtisches Museum Abteiberg Mönchengladbach (Hrsg.), Skulpturengarten. Museum Abteiberg Mönchengladbach, Mönchengladbach 2003
About the architecture of the museum
- Wolfgang Pehnt, Hans Hollein. Museum Mönchengladbach. Architektur als Collage, Frankfurt am Main 1989
- Museumsverein Mönchengladbach (Hrsg.), 10 Jahre Museum Abteiberg ‒ 90 Jahre Museumsverein, Mönchengladbach 1992