Roland Biermann – STATIONS 4, 2024

This architectural model shows a new work, to be installed in a sculpture garden on the Atantic coast in Maine next spring. 26 oil barrels form 13 columns, each two barrels high. They are painted in 12 shades of red, suggesting fresh blood that congeals, dries and quickens again. A 10 m long motorway crash barrier pierces the barrels and goes right through, suggesting a violent act. The work can be seen as a symbol for the passing of life and the resurrection and the life cycle itself. More specifically, the work addresses blood spilt in the pursuit of fossil fuels, past and present.