The 911 with the ducktail

Porsche is celebrating 50 years of the 911 Carrera RS 2.7. We are taking this as an opportunity to show three special models of this type in our annex.

This particular car, also known as the Revoluzzer, was designed in 1973 as a homologation model for FIA Group 3 and 4. With 210 hp and a total weight of 960 kg, this sports car accelerated from 0 to 100 km/h in 5.6 seconds at the time.

The hitherto purist body shape of the 911 was given a specially shaped rear spoiler for this purpose, which became known as the "ducktail".

Currently on display in our showroom:

• a viper-green Porsche RS in the comfort version with the M472 touring package
• a light-yellow Porsche RS in the wide version with the rare sports package M471
• a grandprix-white Porsche RSR in the racing version M491 with 2.8 litre racing engine and approx. 290 hp

We are looking forward to your visit!

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In 1953, the American car giant surprised its customers with the first US sports car. The Corvette was a very sporty two-seater with a fibreglass-reinforced body and a simple fabric roof. A novelty for the car world and still something special for experts today.

The models exhibited can be categorised as follows:

• the red Corvette is the original model built in 1954 with the 6-cylinder Blue Flame 150 engine
• the black Corvette from 1957 already had the legendary Chevy 8-cylinder small-block engine with approx. 250 hp and a 4-speed manual gearbox - both a novelty for the US market
• the white Corvette from 1972 was part of the C3 Stingray model series and is also known among insiders as the "Coke Bottle" due to its unique body shape

The Corvette series is still produced by General Motors today, but now as a very modern mid-engined sports car.

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In September 1993, the fourth 911 generation was presented to the public and delivered from January 1994. Under the leadership of the new CEO Wendelin Wiedeking, Harm Lagaaij and his team developed the new 993 series.

This saved Porsche AG from financial ruin, as the 993 series was an absolute bestseller. However, Porsche ended the era of air-cooled engines with the 993 Carrera. At the end of March 1998, the last air-cooled 911 left the factory. The next 996 series already had water-cooled boxer engines.

The vehicles shown can be categorised as follows:

• The 993 without the rear spoiler is a 993 Carrera 4S: with a 3.6-litre boxer engine and 285 hp at a weight of 1,470 kg. Its turbo-wide body with turbo brake system and 18-inch rims make this model perhaps the most important of the 993 series.
• The 993 with the small rear spoiler is a 993 Carrera RS of which only 787 vehicles were built. This very sporty model has a 3.8 litre boxer engine with 300 hp at a reduced weight of 1,270 kg.
• The 993 with the large rear spoiler is a 993 Carrera RS - Clubsport of which only 227 were built. Designed for the race track, this model is characterised by a 3.8 litre engine, 300 hp and a weight of 1,270 kg, but including a 92 litre tank, roll cage, racing seats and fire extinguisher.

For many Porsche fans, the 993 Carrera sports cars are the most beautiful and favourite 911s. Perhaps also because this model series represents a crucial milestone in the history of Porsche.

With Jörg Bach (*1964), we have a regional artist who also enjoys international renown as our guest in the 2-Raum.

Bach works with a material that requires consummate craftsmanship and the use of machines and tools such as welding equipment, burnishers, hammers, pliers and clamps. His sculptures create three-dimensional space and offer intriguing views through and beyond the works. The artist is concerned with the essence of humanity; with his own thoughts and feelings and his relationship with himself and others.

Jakob Leander Bach (*1990), son of Jörg Bach, works at the interface of art, design and craft. He is particularly fascinated by the material qualities of silver. Jakob Leander Bach mostly creates one-of-a-kind pieces. His objects look raw and robust; they recall natural forms such as rock formations or ice floes.

The unknown wants to be discovered, and perhaps it is the task of the artist to approach what he does not suspect.

Jörg Bach

I want my works to be like natural finds turned into silver.

Jakob Leander Bach

Museum Art.Plus is presenting a a selection of works by the French painter Pierre Soulages (*1919 Rodez, FR) in its modern extension.

Soulages one of the leading international abstract artists and one of the last living members of a generation that redefined modern art after the end of the Second World War. The colour black has always been central to his creative practice.

Pour moi, le noir, c'est un excès, une passion. For me, black is an excess, a passion,' the artist sums up his obsession with his favourite colour.

Pierre Soulages

Since the end of the 1970s, Soulages has been painting only monochrome black canvases. He refers to them as ‘Outrenoirs' (beyond black). Their densely impastoed, surfaces - part glossy, part matte - are structured and enlivened by deep diagonal, vertical and horizontal lines and furrows. The way these enter into a fascinating and ever-changing dialogue with the light bears out the artist's contention that for him black is a colour of light.