In the "Pferdestall" exhibition building, they atmospherically complement the previous presentation of objects from the working history of the steel town of Salzgitter on the first floor.

On display are the large-format paintings "Die Einfahrt" and "Der Ursprung" (Berlin 2025) by the well-known painter Edward B. Gordon, who comes from Hanover and currently lives in Berlin and London. Both works were previously on display from June to July 2025 as part of the special exhibition "Look around - Paintings by Edward B. Gordon" at the Städtische Kunstsammlungen.

The artist had already turned his attention to the work processes at Salzgitter AG's steelworks in 2015. What seems commonplace to many - even taken for granted - because it is their bread and butter and involves extremely hard and dangerous physical labor, the painter Gordon transforms into impressive pictorial worlds. The monumental dimensions of the steelworks, the heat, the light, the movement - the artist captures all of this with a deep sense and understanding of atmosphere. His paintings are more than depictions of work processes - they are homages to the people who work there.

The intention is to supplement the permanent exhibitions in future with further thematically appropriate works of contemporary art from the "Working World" collection of the Municipal Art Collections, or to add a different perspective.