Staudenhof
A dirty fountain, 2006
concrete, pump mechanism, water, pigments, 105 x 90 x 110 cm
Courtesy of the artists & European Art Projects
Photo: Krzysztof Zieliński / European Art Projects
Monika Sosnowska (*1972, lives in Warsaw) investigates in her sculptures,
installations and wall works architecture as an ordering system.
Her works provoke insecurity and irritation. For Ideal City - Invisible Cities
she designed an imperfect fountain for the perfect city. In an simple,
square format water basin on a concrete base slightly out of the vertical,
spouts dirty black water. In Zamość the sculpture with hidden meaning
stood on the Rynek Wodny, the water market, out of the way of the city's
attractive sides and Renaissance facades. In Potsdam the fountain is likewise
somewhat hidden placed in Staudenhof behind the building of the University
of Applied Sciences. On the concrete block of a small garden area
which has seen better times A Dirty Fountain appears self explanatory,
as if the sculpture had always stood there.
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