Fat hen (fountain)

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Well fat hen
"The beautiful gardener" on top
Memorial plaque on the fountain

The Fettehenne is a public fountain - sculpture in the district of Britz of Berlin Neukölln . The work of art from 1984 is on Buckower Damm in front of the entrance to the Britzer Garden , which was laid out for the 1985 Federal Horticultural Show .

A cast iron figure rises in a round basin made of reddish granite to a height of 4.5 meters. Two identical, but inverted, structures with four free-floating arms each serve as a base for a body with female torso-like shapes. Water gushes out of the head-like part. More falling and rising water jets emerge from the thickened ends of the base arms.

The sculpture is the work of Rolf Szymanski , who was director of the visual arts department at the Academy of Arts from 1974 to 1996 . Since the symbolism of the figure is difficult to understand, the artist has embedded an engraved brass plate with his thoughts in the granite edge of the basin. Then the figure is reminiscent of the shape of the pistil with stylus and stigma of the fat hen ( Sedum ), a thick-leaf plant . Szymanski, however, also leaves room for other perspectives such as the interpretation as a beautiful gardener .

The brass plaque bears the caption “Fountain Fette Henne” next to the logo of the Britzer Garden and below it the two-column text:

“Part of the well could die
stylized form of a flower temple
pels - ovary with style and
Scar - be, or translated, a
Example of the genus thick
leafy plants "sedum", with
their fleshy leaves.
The name could top it all off
Also use "sedum" here
as a lovingly brazen allusion to
"The beautiful gardener" on top.
She has something quiet, relaxing
tes, lingering. Your momentary
This condition seems to be a
to be set up for a certain period of time. "
Rolf Szymanski

See also

literature

  • Rolf Szymanski: Catalog raisonné of the sculptures 1958–1975 . Texts: U. Johnson, E. Roters, comments R. Szymanski. (1975) 22.5 × 33 cm, 126 p., 208 illustrations, 1 of them in color, 7 photos, paperback. With an original etching.

Web links

Commons : Fette Henne (Berlin-Neukölln)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Urban Development Berlin: Fat Henne

Coordinates: 52 ° 25 ′ 42 ″  N , 13 ° 26 ′ 3 ″  E