The Love Nest

Right in front of the theater's entrance door stands a bronze sculpture by Volker Beier called The Love Nest. It was created in 1978 and then installed as part of the redesign of the sculpture park for the theater's reopening in 1980. It is one of a group of four bronze sculptures located directly in front of the theater. The Love Nest was stolen in 2016 and therefore recast. The artist Volker Beier was a member of the Association of Visual Artists of the GDR. He was born in Chemnitz in 1943 and died in 2023. He began working as a freelancer in 1967 and later became a master student at the academies of arts in Moscow and Berlin. His diverse art can be seen in many cities, both in Germany and abroad. In Chemnitz itself, the following works of art by him can still be seen: the Agricola tribute on the steps next to the former municipal utility building, the memorial stele for the destroyed synagogue on Stephansplatz, and the inscription “Proletarians of all countries, unite” on Brückenstraße, which he designed together with Heinz Schumann.