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At 7.5 metres in height, Denkmal f\u00fcr den permanenten Neuanfang<\/em> by Heike Mutter and Ulrich Genth is relatively small by comparison with some of the other recent installations that have gone on display on Dresden\u2019s Neumarkt. Indeed, you could almost miss it, as it is dwarfed by three cranes on the adjacent construction site. But in the company of the classic blackened bronze monuments commemorating Friedrich August II and Martin Luther, this interloper looks unusually colourful. Perched on top of a pink hydraulic platform, stainless steel struts support fragments of Dresden\u2019s cultural heritage: the turquoise green arm wielding a hammer is modelled on the statue in front of the town hall depicting a woman sorting through the rubble at the end of the war. At random intervals, the arm strikes a sphere, also turquoise in colour, the shape of which the artists borrowed from an objet d\u2019art in the Green Vault crafted from ivory and likewise perforated. Billowing around this creation is a veil cast from aluminium, reproducing a section of the Three Graces statue at the Mozart fountain in B\u00fcrgerwiese park.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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7.5 metres in height, Denkmal f\u00fcr den permanenten Neuanfang by Heike Mutter and Ulrich Genth is relatively small by comparison with some of the other recent installations that have gone on display on Dresden\u2019s Neumarkt \u00a9 Dresden Marketing GmbH<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The backdrop to all of this is the Frauenkirche. It is now ten years since the church was consecrated, and in the intervening years, the project to restore the Neumarkt to its former glory has got closer and closer to completion. The fa\u00e7ades of the baroque town houses, which were destroyed along with the church in the war, are being rebuilt one by one. The reconstruction process has been marked by ongoing debate \u2013 modern building standards versus historic authenticity, public space versus property rights \u2013 and all the while, the square has been establishing itself as a favoured stage for contemporary art. In March 2016, Rainer Opolka exhibited Die W\u00f6lfe sind zur\u00fcck<\/em> (The wolves are back), with bronze wolves symbolising those who would destroy democracy. Monument<\/em>, fashioned by German-Syrian artist Manaf Halbouni<\/a> from three vertical buses, has just been dismantled.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Denkmal f\u00fcr den permanenten Neuanfang<\/em> is now due to occupy the spot for the next two years. Genth and Mutter deliberately chose this location on Neumarkt. They have a track record for selecting public places in which to reference a city\u2019s history with their sometimes ironic and sometimes provocative but always complex installations. Dresden is often accused of being obsessed with its own image. In Denkmal f\u00fcr den permanenten Neuanfang<\/em>, this image has now been subjected to scrutiny from outside.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Behind the project to restore the baroque fa\u00e7ades of the Neumarkt project, these two artists sense a conflict between the desire of local people to defend their urban space and the type of architecture favoured by business interests looking for return on investment. And there was something else they saw: \u201cAccording to our research in Dresden, there is not a single woman apart from Clara Zetkin to whom a monument has been dedicated,\u201d says Genth. The veil and disembodied arm are a reminder of the visible role played by women in the city. \u201cThe sphere, on the other hand, stands for perfection,\u201d adds Genth. \u201cIt stands for the perfected form, for symbols of power ranging from the globe to the imperial orb, as well as for the pursuit of wholeness. Of all the items in the Green Vault, these spheres immediately fired my imagination, because they have absolutely no decorative function. Although they are from the 16th century, they come across as very modern.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Of all the items in the Green Vault, these spheres immediately fired my imagination, because they have absolutely no decorative function. Although they are from the 16th century, they come across as very modern.<\/p> Ulrich Genth <\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Genth and Mutter ignored the baroque connection \u2013 Dresden is famous enough for that anyway. There were new beginnings before and after that period. Nowhere else is this more apparent than on the newly restored Neumarkt with the recently reopened Kulturpalast<\/a> (Palace of Culture) on the fringe. In two years\u2019 time, when the cranes on the last construction site are replaced by a tree-lined boulevard, this latest monument will also make way for something new.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And if you pay it a visit before then, you may be lucky enough to hear the hammer strike the sphere.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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