Working hands
The sculpture working hands is in Bremen - Gröpelingen on the Bürgermeister-Ehlers-Platz on Pastorenweg . It is included in the list of monuments and statues of the city of Bremen .
The bronze sculpture on a 3.9 m × 2.3 m × 1.6 m large concrete base from 1987 comes from the sculptor Bernd Altenstein . It was conceived one year after the economic collapse of AG Weser . The large shipyard has been the most important place of work in Gröpelingen and Walle since the beginning of the 20th century. The residents of the districts had lost an important reference point for their lives.
The monument to the shipyard workers is shaped like two working hands. One hand holds a workpiece tightly, the other hand hardly touches it. A certain movement within a work process is shown. The Senator for Culture in Art in Public Space Bremen interprets the sculpture as follows: It “does not allow the viewer to perceive its composition as clear and calm from any point, and the surfaces also offer little support to the view.” ... “The restlessness , which the sculpture expresses, refers to the insecurity of people whose jobs have been taken. "
From Altenstein there are still u. a. The end (1978) in the Wallanlagen , development in the Reeder-Bischoff-Straße , Waller Talks (1981) on the Wartburgplatz in Walle , Blockdieker Talks (1982) in Osterholz , cycle work (1985), relief in the interior of the Oberpostdirektion Bremen, Four Seasons (1991) on the banks of the Hollersee near the Park Hotel Bremen , Our Planet on the Domshof and Fietje Balge (2001) Behind the Schütting , at the Bremen market square .
By Waldemar Otto the sculpture comes to film from 1983 in Gröpelingen, corner Lindenhofstraße / Dockstraße, reminding of the working life of the shipyard.
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Coordinates: 53 ° 6 ′ 47.3 " N , 8 ° 45 ′ 35.6" E