
by Jonathan Borofsky, 1991
Jonathan Borofsky created multiple Hammering Man sculptures for cities around the world. The most famous is the 14.6-meter (48-foot) painted steel silhouette outside the Seattle Art Museum, installed in 1991. The flat, black figure swings a motorized arm up and down four times per minute, hammering silently.
Other versions stand in Frankfurt (21 meters), Basel, Seoul, and several other cities. Borofsky intended the figure as a tribute to all workers. The Seattle version's arm stops on Labor Day each year. In 1993, someone strapped a ball and chain to its ankle as a prank, which the museum left in place for a while.
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