Nobody (sculpture)

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Sculpture Nobody by Micha Ullman in Berlin-Kreuzberg

The sculpture Nobody ( dt. , 'No') is the work of Israeli artist Micha Ullman . It stands in front of the former wholesale flower market across from the Jewish Museum at Lindenstrasse 91/92 in the Berlin district of Kreuzberg . It is part of an eleven-part exhibition entitled Art - City - Space of the Berlinische Galerie , which can be seen in public space. Ullman is known, among other things, for his memorial commemorating the book burning on Berlin's Bebelplatz .

construction

The work is made of steel and has the dimensions 320 × 320 × 260 cm. Ullman created this work in the sculpture workshop of the BBK . At that time he was receiving a scholarship from the DAAD's Berlin artist program . Before the work was set up here, it stood on the edge of a parking lot in front of the Martin-Gropius-Bau . It is the property of the Berlinische Galerie and was acquired with funds from the Deutsche Klassenlotterie Berlin .

symbolism

The location opposite the Jewish Museum was chosen because there have been traces of Jewish culture here in southern Friedrichstadt for many years . Through an acculturation of the Prussian King Friedrich Wilhelm , the southern Friedrichstadt became a preferred residential area of ​​liberal Judaism . In this environment, for example, a synagogue was built between 1889 and 1891 at Lindenstrasse 48-50 (today: Axel-Springer-Strasse ), which was destroyed in the Second World War. Today the work Blatt by the artist trio Micha Ullman, Zvi Hecker and Eyal Weizmann reminds us of the former building. This work also belongs to the ensemble art - city - space.

The Nobody work is intended to be a “counterpoint to the synagogue memorial at the other end of this axis in urban space”. The calm that the body exudes through its size and material should stand in contrast to the busy Lindenstrasse. In addition, when the plant was set up, the entrance to the Berlin wholesale flower market was in the immediate vicinity. Due to the closure of the building in May 2010 and the planned rededication, it has now become a little quieter at this point.

The cube consists of openings that were subsequently closed again. These openings "suggest accessibility that remains denied: a place of remembrance and commemoration". In this context, which are stumbling blocks of Gunter Demnig to see which constitute another element of this ensemble and are reminiscent of the Jewish culture.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Jörn Merkert: ART - CITY - SPACE. An ensemble of eleven works of art between the Berlin Gallery and the Jewish Museum. Druckhaus Berlin-Mitte, Berlin 2005 ( PDF file ( memento from October 20, 2007 in the Internet Archive ), folding plan of the Berlinische Galerie, accessed on February 16, 2011).
  2. ↑ a b Entry of the work on the website of Bildhauerei in Berlin ( Memento of the original from August 8, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Retrieved February 17, 2011. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.bildhauerei-in-berlin.de
  3. ↑ Horst Zeitler: Station 13: From the house of worship to the grain silo - The Liberal Synagogue in Lindenstrasse. on the education server Berlin Brandenburg. Retrieved February 17, 2011.
  4. ↑ a b Micha Ullman, Nobody information from the Berlinische Galerie on sculpture. Retrieved February 17, 2011.
  5. ↑ Thomas Loy: Kreuzberg: Packing at the flower wholesale market. In: Der Tagesspiegel . dated May 15, 2010. Retrieved February 17, 2011.

Coordinates: 52 ° 30 ′ 10.2 ″  N , 13 ° 23 ′ 40.4 ″  E