Blütenball, Metal sculpture in Pankow, Berlin, Germany
Blütenball is a metal sculpture in Pankow standing 300 centimeters tall, made from sheet steel, vitreous enamel, and iron. The work features a flower-like form that combines organic outlines with flat metal panels.
Joachim Liebscher made Blütenball in 1976, the year he became a member of the Verband Bildender Künstler der DDR. The sculpture stands near the Finanzamt in Pankow, where public art was commissioned for new administrative buildings. Liebscher trained as a metalworker before studying art, and he used sheet steel, vitreous enamel and iron for this work.
The title Blütenball names the flower-like shape of the steel and enamel panels. The sculpture stands by the Finanzamt in Pankow, where passers-by on the street can see it without entering a building. Joachim Liebscher made the piece in 1976, and it remains a fixed point on the route past the tax office.
The sculpture sits outdoors next to the Finanzamt building and is easy to spot from the street. You can walk around the work from all sides and view it from different angles.
The sculpture stands beside the Finanzamt Pankow, and its enamel skin was fired onto the steel panels rather than painted, giving the surface a glassy sheen that survives Berlin weather. Liebscher trained as a metalworker before studying art, so the piece was built with workshop techniques rather than cast in a foundry.
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