Pure moors

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Pure moors
Fritz Balthaus , 2010
Bronze sculpture,
77 cm × 360 cm × 200 cm
Barracks area Am Treptower Park ; Berlin-Alt-Treptow

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Pure Moore is a bronze sculpture designed by the artist Fritz Balthaus . The modern sculpture refers to the bronze sculpture Reclining Figure, which Henry Moore created in 1969/70 and which was the subject of an art theft on December 15, 2005 in the Henry Moore Sculpture Perry Green - Sculpture Garden in Hertfordshire .

Pure Moore emerged from an art-in-building competition announced by the Federal Office for Building and Regional Planning in 2008 for the barracks area Am Treptower Park in Berlin-Treptow used by the Federal Criminal Police Office . The work of art was inaugurated on December 2, 2010 and is located in the north corner of the former parade ground . Viewing is not possible, and the work of art cannot be viewed from the public street either.

History of origin

Design competition

A sculpture or floor work should be considered for the artistic design. The artistic work should be sustainable, which means that the material or materials were to be chosen in such a way that follow-up and maintenance costs are as low as possible and that the artistic work is guaranteed to last.

The competition was announced as a limited realization competition on December 5, 2008. A selection committee invited the artists Klaus Schmitt from Mönchengladbach, Rupprecht Matthies (Hamburg), Hellmut Bruch ( Hall in Tirol ) and from Berlin the artists Ruth Baumann , Heike Gallmeier , Sabine Hornig and artist Fritz Balthaus as well as the artist group Inges Idee . The work was submitted anonymously three months later on March 9, 2009.

Jury

The competition jury was divided into specialist and material judges as well as experts. The head of the State Art Gallery Baden-Baden Karola Kraus , who also presided over the competition, was one of the expert judges with voting rights . The Berlin artist Dani Jakob and artist Raimund Kummer , also from Berlin, completed the group of expert judges who were entitled to vote; the Leipzig artist Philipp Fritzsche was available as a deputy .

The judges who were entitled to vote included the President of the ZV Department in the Federal Criminal Police Office in Wiesbaden and the President of the Federal Office for Building and Regional Planning (BBR) Florian Mausbach . Their deputies were the department president SG in the BKA in Berlin and the then department head VI of the BBR Rita Ruoff-Breuer .

An expert each from “Eckert + Stadelmeier Architects” and the Berlin State Monuments Office completed the round.

Recommendation of the jury

On March 20, 2009, the jury recommended the previously anonymous work 1060 for implementation. The jury then gave the award winner advice on how to further develop the work in close coordination with the Federal Criminal Police Office and the Federal Office for Building and Regional Planning until it was ready for implementation:

  1. The effect with regard to the proportion of the sculpture at the location is to be checked on a working model.
  2. In this context, the proportion and scale of the proposed plinth should be checked in relation to the sculpture "reclining figure" by Henry Moore.
  3. The reference to the background of the story and the relationship between the sculpture “reclining figure” and the sculpture “Pure Moore” (same material, same weight) should be made clear on site - for example by writing and / or symbols.
  4. The communication concept proposed by the artist is to be concretized in a dialogue with the Federal Criminal Police Office.

evaluation

The inspiration is this sculpture "Reclining Figure" designed by Henry Moore , which was stolen.

“The jury unanimously praised the convincing idea of ​​the sculpture“ PURE MOORE - reclining figure ”. The thematization of the devaluation of art through a criminal act contains a clear reference to the BKA and at the same time harbors an interesting secret that cannot be identified at first glance. The additional mediation through a communication concept is expressly welcomed. The relationship between the story - the conceptual starting point - and the realized sculpture in the space does not appear to be exhaustively worked out. However, the concept is identified as sufficiently viable to pursue it further. "

- Jury

Monument description

The monument has a rectangular concrete base area of ​​360 cm × 200 cm. The height of the base is 45 cm. On the black concrete base surface that has the same area as that of the stolen sculpture "Reclining Figure", 221 were ingots of bronze stacked. The stacked bars have a maximum height of 32 cm, so the total height is 77 cm. Each of the bronze ingots weighs 9.5 kilograms and, like the original, 2100 kilograms of bronze were required. The bronze was cast in the Berlin art foundry Hermann Noack , which had also made the sculpture in 1970.

Web links

news

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Compare the English Wikipedia article : Reclining Figure 1969–70 .
  2. ↑ £ 3m Henry Moore Sculpture Stolen on BBC News, December 17, 2005.
  3. ↑ Inauguration of the work of art “Pure Moore” for the Federal Criminal Police Office in Berlin on December 2nd, 2010  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.bbr.bund.de  
  4. ↑ Pure Moore (2010) for the Federal Criminal Police Office, realized on bbk-kulturwerk.de
  5. ↑ Kunstzerstörer by Niklas Maak on faz.net from December 28, 2010.
  6. ↑ a b c d e f Art in Architecture Competition / Federal Criminal Police Office Berlin office; Flyer as PDF file  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. published by the Federal Office for Building and Regional Planning@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.bbr.bund.de  
  7. ↑ http://www.rupprechtmatthies.com/
  8. ↑ http://www.ruthbaumann.de/
  9. ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original from August 20, 2013 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. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.schir.net
  10. ↑ http://www.sabine-hornig.de/
  11. ↑ Department “Central and Administrative Tasks” (ZV) ( Memento of the original from September 27, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on the website of the BKA. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.bka.de
  12. ↑ Section “Security Group” (SG) ( Memento of the original from September 30, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on the website of the BKA. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.bka.de
  13. ↑ About Fritz Balthaus and his work of art Pure Moore  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. dated December 1, 2010 as a PDF file (1234 kB).@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.bbr.bund.de  

Coordinates: 52 ° 29 '34.1 "  N , 13 ° 27' 14.4"  E