Hahn/Cock
A larger than life sculpture in the Walker Art Center Sculpture Garden in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Katharina Fritsch 2013/2017 Germany, b. 1956
fiberglass, polyester resin, stainless steel, paint, artist-designed painted steel pedestal
Towering nearly 25 feet over the Minneapolis Sculpture Garden, Katharina Fritsch’s blue rooster is at once lifelike and completely unreal. Animals and everyday objects have long been subjects for the artist, who makes them otherworldly and extraordinary through bold shifts in scale, color, and material. The rooster can be a symbol of pride, power, and courage or posturing and macho prowess. Fritsch has admitted that she enjoys “games with language,” and the sculpture’s tongue-in-cheek title knowingly plays on its double meaning. Hahn/Cock presents an unexpected take on the idea of a traditional public monument. This landmark shows how ordinary objects can become iconic and deeply symbolic.
Collection Walker Art Center
Purchased with funds provided by the Pohlad Family, the Frederick R. Weisman Collection of Art,
the Wilf Family Foundation, the Duncan and Nivin MacMillan Foundation, and the T. B. Walker Acquisition Fund, 2017 [WAC website]
Hahn/Cock
A larger than life sculpture in the Walker Art Center Sculpture Garden in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Katharina Fritsch 2013/2017 Germany, b. 1956
fiberglass, polyester resin, stainless steel, paint, artist-designed painted steel pedestal
Towering nearly 25 feet over the Minneapolis Sculpture Garden, Katharina Fritsch’s blue rooster is at once lifelike and completely unreal. Animals and everyday objects have long been subjects for the artist, who makes them otherworldly and extraordinary through bold shifts in scale, color, and material. The rooster can be a symbol of pride, power, and courage or posturing and macho prowess. Fritsch has admitted that she enjoys “games with language,” and the sculpture’s tongue-in-cheek title knowingly plays on its double meaning. Hahn/Cock presents an unexpected take on the idea of a traditional public monument. This landmark shows how ordinary objects can become iconic and deeply symbolic.
Collection Walker Art Center
Purchased with funds provided by the Pohlad Family, the Frederick R. Weisman Collection of Art,
the Wilf Family Foundation, the Duncan and Nivin MacMillan Foundation, and the T. B. Walker Acquisition Fund, 2017 [WAC website]