Lot 527 N

Jupiter is an impressive example for Günter Haese's group of works which Christian Jensen calls 'upright panels'.
Characteristic for these works created in the 1960s are two main views as well as one basic pattern that repeats itself within a given framework. Their pious impression is heightened by the respective title, which often refers to revered divinities of various religions.
Hence with Jupiter, the Heavenly Father and supreme God of Roman religion, a suiting eponym is found that also underlines the 'majestic' character of the work. In Jupiter, the fundamental order is determined by a circle of wire trimmed with a grid mesh, the sections of which house individual spirals pointing forwards. Circular grid balls that give the structure stability accentuate the junctions of the rows of compartments. These forms can also be found on the base and form the foundation of the wire circle.
Jupiter fits into Günter Haese's concept of kinetic art in which each of his sculptures proclaims a message of order 'which is not subjective but which evokes the objective creative legitimacy of the cosmos. This is only rescinded for certain moments in time, when the unstable parts are shifted into the fourth dimension of time by the vibrational movements. This fourth dimension distances the sculptures from the strict geometrical concept, in this way challenging it and, once a standstill occurs, confirming it.' (Jens Christian Jensen, Strenge Spiele, Das plastische Werk von Günter Haese, in: Claudia Postel (ed.), Günter Haese Verzeichnis der Skulpturen, Ostfildern-Ruit 2002, p.12).