Detail View: : Hammering_Man
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Hammering_Man
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"People in Seattle don't live to work; they work to enjoy their lives."
~Kirsti Jones, National Geographic
At the 1st Avenue enterance is this 4 story high hammering man with a mechanical hammer and chisel. Art design by:
Jonathan Borofsky, American
Hammering Man, 1992
48' x 30" x 7"
hollow-fabricated steel, aluminum mechanized arm, electric motor, and black automotive paint. He is the second largest Hammering Man in the world.
The 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.
I especailly like this architecture because it has what seems to be the "Seattle Ar
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http://www.flickr.com/photos/jwagner1/6122596517/
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All Rights Reserved
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