SeiTiGKeiTeN
SeiTiGKeiTeN is a sculpture by Volker Bartsch that stands in Potsdam, Germany, within the city’s public art landscape.
Its name reads SeiTiGKeiTeN in this Potsdam setting. Bartsch’s sculpture dates from 1988 and combines natural granite from the Fichtelgebirge with industrial bronze from the Ruhr area. These materials represent unity between East and West Germany. The work originates in Berlin’s E88 sculptor symposium, connected with European Capital of Culture celebrations. The sculpture stands in Potsdam following its installation there in 2020.
It forms part of the Potsdam Sculpture Path, which links Schiffbauergasse with the Potsdam Museum and other cultural sites. The path places modern art in public spaces. Granite brings a natural material, while bronze brings an industrial material into the same composition. Their contrast connects nature and industry, tradition and modernity. In Potsdam, SeiTiGKeiTeN links material contrast with Germany’s history of division and reunification. The sculpture joins public art with a historical theme.
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