Artists' book / exhibiton catalogue published in conjunction with show held at Museum Folkwang Essen, Germany, February 23 - April 20, 1997. "In the course of her works Maria Nordman has brought the discussion constituting the meaning of art from museum into the city streets. In the context of her working, a work of art could be placed at any time and into any neighborhood of the city. ... Maria Nodman's first book DE SCULPTURA Works in the City shows aspects of some of the major earlier works, while DE SCULPTURA II city / sculpture reaches to other initiatory projects that could throw some light on this work's ground-breaking decisions." -- text from book's backcover by Stephan von Wiese