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Human Structures by Jonathan Borofsky

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Jonathan Borofsky's Human Structures a galvanized painted steel installation that stands 36 feet It is composed of 62 painted steel figures interconnecting to form five cylindrical towers Located at 555 Mission St San Francisco Photo taken 92709

Borofsky and Rondinone art installations

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Jonathan Borofsky's Human Structures and Ugo Rondinone's Moonrise Sculptures Located at 555 Mission St San Francisco Photo taken 92709

Human Structures by Jonathan Borofsky

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555 Mission St

bluestar2009 — Sun, 30 Oct 2011 14:15:00 MDT

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Developed by Tishman Speyer 555 Mission is a slick green-glass 34-story office tower with an adjacent open space dominated by two stunning pieces of art There are the three gigantic heads that make up Ugo Rondinone's Moonrise Sculptures: March October and December Made out of mottled aluminum they have a look that crosses the mystical and mysterious Easter Island heads with the big-brained aliens who arrive in the finale of Close Encounters of the Third Kind They are spaced apart by benches and backed by a wall lined with planter boxes that will eventually form a sea of suspended green foliage The plaza's centerpiece is Jonathan Borofsky's Human Structures a galvanized painted steel installation that stands 36 feet It is composed of 62 painted steel figures interconnecting to form five cylindrical towers According to the artist's Web site each of the 62 life-size figures is water-jet cut from steel plate and then each is given its structural folds Before painting the figures are galvanized and finally coated with twelve urethane colors The figures are bolted together hand-to-hand and head-to-toe with a series of multicolored connector plates Black granite benches and a series of gingko trees complete the plaza and the end result creatively fulfills the city's open-space requirement for commercial development Along with the high glassed-in atrium at 101 Second Street and the striking bamboo forest across the street at 560 Mission the 555 Mission Plaza provides a nice respite for office workers and tourists alike Photo taken 92709

Human Structures by Jonathan Borofsky

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CanCan Girls - Ken Siedler Pal Borofsky Bill Tyler

BMHospital — Tue, 11 May 2010 12:49:00 MDT

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Hammering Man

Kilgore_Trout_Seattle — Mon, 11 May 2009 10:17:00 MDT

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At its heart society reveres the worker The Hammering Man is the worker in all of us nnHammering Mann nnAs a part of the City of Seattle's public art program The Seattle Arts Commission installed Hammering Man on September 12 1992 at the entrance to the downtown Seattle Art Museum at First Avenue and University StreetsnnGeneral InformationnnJonathan Borofsky AmericannHammering Man 1992n48' x 30 x 7nhollow-fabricated steel aluminum mechanized arm electric motor and black automotive paintnSeattle Arts Commission Funding provided by the Virginia Wright Fund in honor of Prentice Bloedel Seattle City Light 1 for Art funds the Museum Development Authority and PONCHO (Patrons of Northwest Civic Cultural and Charitable Organizations)nnFactsnn There are numerous Hammering Man sculptures of different sizes all over the world including New York Los Angeles Germany and Japan Seattle's is 48 feet high and weighs 26000 pounds Each Hammering Man is marked with a unique number Seattle's is 3277164n The Hammering Man's arm hammers silently and smoothly four times per minute from 7 am to 10 pm every day It runs on a 3-hp electric motor set on an automatic timer Hammering Man rests its arm each evening and every year on Labor Dayn The sculpture was fabricated by Lippincott Inc North Haven CT and installed by Fabrication Specialties Seattle WAnnAbout the ArtistnnJonathan Borofsky was born in Boston Massachusetts in 1942 After graduating from Carnegie Mellon University in 1964 he studied at Ecole de Fontainbleau in Paris In 1966 he received a Master's degree from Yale School of Art and Architecture Having lived and worked in New York and Los Angeles he moved to Maine in 1992 to return to his roots on the East Coast Over the years he has created a wide range of works in diverse materials but at the core of his endeavor lies the act of Counting from One to Infinite which he began in 1969 and continues to the present During the 1990s he completed over 20 public art installations including a 100-foot tall version of Molecule Man for the Allianz insurance company in Berlin He has had a one-man exhibition at the Whitney Museum of Art in New York as well as at other important museums in the world His major monumental sculptures can be viewed in Los Angeles Kassel Germany Basel Switzerland and other citiesnArtist StatementnnPeople in Seattle don't live to work they work to enjoy their lives Kirsti Jones National GeographicnnThe Hammering Man is a worker The Hammering Man celebrates the worker He or she is the village craftsman the South African coal miner the computer operator the farmer or the aerospace worker-the people who produce the commodities on which we depend This Hammering Man is 48 feet tall It is constructed of steel (hollow-fabricated) and weighs over 20000 pounds A structural steel base-plate is bolted to a cement-block footing below ground level so that the architect's chosen material for the plaza can be brought up to flush to the feet of the sculpture The Hammering Man appears to be standing (and working) on the plaza without a base in between The black silhouette of the figure is in fact 30 inches wide: body (10 inches) arm (10 inches) space between arm and body (10 inches) as well as an extra 16 inches width at the top for the motor The motorized hammering arm will move smoothly and meditatively up and down at a rate of four times per minute Electricity runs from the motor down inside the sculpture and under the plaza to an on-off switch location The Hammering Man is set on a timer and rests during evening and early morning hours The sculpture has been sited so that the many pedestrians and drivers moving up and down First Avenue can enjoy the animated form while contemplating the meaning of the Hammering Man in their own livesnnThis sculpture is the second largest Hammering Man on the planet A taller version is in Frankfurt Germany nnThe State of Washington is known for its aerospace electronics timber fishing agriculture and gold mining industries-people working with their hands Let this sculpture be a symbol for all the people of Seattle working with others on the planet to create a happier and more enlightened humanitynnJonathan BorofskyArtistnn nnAs a part of the City of Seattle's public art program The Seattle Arts Commission installed Hammering Man on September 12 1992 at the entrance to the downtown Seattle Art Museum at First Avenue and University Streets

Human Structures by Jonathan Borofsky

bluestar2009 — Sun, 30 Oct 2011 14:15:00 MDT

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Detail of Jonathan Borofsky's Human Structures a galvanized painted steel installation that stands 36 feet It is composed of 62 painted steel figures interconnecting to form five cylindrical towers Located at 555 Mission St San Francisco Photo taken 92709

Human Structures by Jonathan Borofsky

bluestar2009 — Sun, 30 Oct 2011 14:15:00 MDT

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statue - sculpture

bluestar2009 — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 12:31:00 MDT

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Hammering Man by Jonathan Borofsky - outside SAM on 1st Ave downtown Seattle