Location: Berlin, Germany

Artist: Jonathan Borofsky

Size: 100 Feet

This Molecule Man was completed in 1997 for the new Allianz Corporation headquarters in Berlin (architect: Peter Schwegler). It stands near the middle of the Spree River with many workboats and tourist boats passing it every day.

My first Molecule Man sculptures were made in 1977 and 1978 in Los Angeles. Early molecule structures included a molecule chair, a ceramic molecule vase, a molecule figure and a model for a molecule building made from styrofoam balls. Originally, I was fascinated by this molecule idea because of the simple fact that even though we appear to be quite solid, we are in fact composed of a molecule structure which, in itself is mostly composed of water and air.