MOLECULE MAN

Our first visit to the Yorkshire Sculpture Park.
A fascinating spot and, of course, the work of Jonathan BOROfsky was one of the first things to catch my camera. This is part of Molecule Man, a 30 metre tall aluminium sculpture that was installed on the banks of the Spree River in Berlin in 1997.

He states . . . "my first Molecule Man sculptures were made in 1977 and 1978 in Los Angeles. Early molecule structures included a molecule chair, a ceramic molecule vase, a molecule figure and a model for a molecule building made from styrofoam balls. Originally, I was fascinated by this molecule idea because of the simple fact that even though we appear to be quite solid, we are in fact composed of a molecule structure which, in itself is mostly composed of water and air.

For me, this aluminum sculpture, composed of three figures meeting in the centre, not only refers to the lightness inside our own solid bodies, but also the figures joining in the centre, refer to the molecules of all human beings coming together to create our existence. This symbolism is especially poignant for this 100-foot Molecule Man on the Spree River in Berlin since the river marked the division between East and West Berlin."

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