The Ehekarussell fountain (loosely "Marriage-Merry-Go-Round") by Jürgen Weber, in Nuremberg, Germany.
The fountain plots the sad course of marriage from dating to death. "Completed in 1981, the statuary fountain was put in place to cover a subterranean shaft. The artist, Jürgen Weber went above and beyond in his design which seems to communicate his less than sunny view of married life. The statue consists of a rough circle of visceral male and female figures that represent various points in a couple’s life. There is the sweet and optimistic dating phase where the figures seem fairly at peace, but then things take a surreal and dark turn. From there further scenes depict the couple getting old and frail or fat respectively, before they both die (murder each other?), becoming gruesome skeletons."
Size: 5258px × 3505px
Location: Nuremberg, Germany
Photo credit: © Maurice Savage / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: art, artwork, bavaria, bronze, ehekarussell, fountain, germany, jurgen, marriage, nuremberg, sculpture, unusual, weber, weird, ürgen
