Annemie Fontana

Annemie Fontana ( born December 14, 1925 in Versoix, Canton of Geneva, † 25 October 2002 Zurich ), actually Jacqueline Anne Marie Fontana, was a Swiss artist and sculptor. It was discovered and promoted by Alois Carigiet.

• 2.1 " water organ "
• 2.2 Sculpture in the Döltschihalde
• 2.3 « Sirius »
• 2.4 " seat shell »
• 2.5 « Sunrise »
• 2.6 " seat wave "
• 2.7 « By Step »
• 2.8 " Sesame door and bronze sculpture»

Life

Birth

She was born as the daughter of the painter Alois Fontana. Shortly after her birth in Versoix they came to Zurich.

Education and professional career

From 1941 to 1944 Annemie Fontana graduated reluctantly a seamstress teaching in haute couture atelier by Gaby Jouval. This training should enable her to a secure income. Immediately afterwards they enjoyed from 1944 to 1950 trained as a ceramist at the company Gebrüder Müller in Lucerne. She worked then for two years for an architect as Modellbauerin.

Artistic career

After the training in 1950 moved Annemie Fontana her first studio in the " Old Mill " at the Mühlebachstrasse and trained there until 1955, self-taught sculpture on. Since 1951, she took part in the Christmas exhibitions in the helmet house. In 1954, she made ​​sculptures in the gallery 16. In 1956 she got a eidgenössiches and 1958, the city of Zurich scholarship. In 1958 she participated in the exhibition " Young Zurich artist " part. According to the plans and under the supervision of Alois Carigiet she made during two years at a wall mosaic in the Technical Vocational School Zurich. But she gained self- stones and grind them cope. It was the first work as an artist, which secured her completely livelihood. Then she said goodbye to her day job as a seamstress in which she sold her sewing machine decided. This was followed by exhibitions at various locations in Switzerland. In 1962 she received a scholarship from the canton of Zurich. Solo and group exhibition had them, especially in the area of Zurich and some in Switzerland and some international group exhibitions in Florence ( 1967), The Hague (1968), Tel Aviv ( 1972), Haifa, Jerusalem, Budapest, Antwerp ( 1973) Lindau (1977) and again Budapest (1978).

Her works include animal sculptures, abstract sculptures polyester ( " phantoms " ), and in large sculptures made of metal and polyester, metal heads, as well as figurative works such as graphics and silkscreen prints.

Death

She died on 25 October 2002 in Zurich.

Works (selection)

Sculpture Döltschihalde

Fountain « Sirius »

« Seat shell » in Mythenquai

Against Plastic " Sunrise " at the sports field Hardhof

" Seat wave"

« By Step " at the Cantonal School in Bülach

" Water organ "

1963 Annemie Fontana won the first prize in an art - in-architecture competition and was awarded the contract for the realization of a fountain at the schoolhouse Montalin in Chur. This was the first completed project of the artist's public work.

Built in 1964, " water organ " is a fountain sculpture in the center of the school building space. The sculpture consists of two vertical and varies slightly bent brass tube bundle. The bundles fan out above apart a little and in the middle sprout forth a water fountain. The sculpture stands on a pedestal in a large circular pool of water and achieved a height of 3.5 meters.

Coordinates: 759 883 / 19154546.8558166440789.5354099571705

Sculpture in the Döltschihalde

The first public work in Zurich, dated 1969, is in the superstructure Döltschihalde ( house numbers 20-26 ). It is a polyester plastic on a pedestal, which stands on a small place, which is informally known as " Kobi Kuhn place 2006 World Cup ." The plastic consists of a yellow upright plate which is flanked by two symmetrical half teardrop shaped, and standing on the drop tip body. They have on the inside a red, and on the outer side of a green color. The semi- drop-shaped body have in addition to the front and rear, to 90 degrees to the axis of rotation offset indentations in a blue color.

Coordinates: 680 017 / 24642647.3638200918248.4979167580605

« Sirius »

• See: Sirius ( Fountain)

Sirius is a fountain of Annemie Fontana. He is one of the best known works of the artist. The fountain was formerly on the Escher -Wyss-Platz in Zurich and was designed by her for this place. On 18 March 2009 the fountain sculpture was dismantled. In October and November 2012, he was re-erected in front of the indoor stadium.

« Seat shell »

Annemie Fontana developed a walk-in " seat shell " made ​​of polyester for the Mythenquai in Zurich. This applied to the natural form appears to the visitors as an enlarged shell, although it is a very abstract form. It is situated near the small children's pool and is three meters high. On the outside, the sculpture is white and has a yellow staircase shaped interior and is open for children beck side. On the occasion of the construction of the children range from 2002 to 2004, the sculpture was renovated and visually integrated into the design, to give it more validity.

Coordinates: 682 837 / 24527047.3530800760338.5350278019905

« Sunrise »

" Sunrise " is a sculpture erected in 1974 opposite to the " Sirius " sculpture. It consists of the re-used negative form of the fountain sculpture. The artwork is made up of two independent stair-like wings of a rich, dark cyan-colored polyester with a total width of six meters. One wing is down, the other is placed upright. The sculpture stands next to the tennis courts the sports field Hardhof in Zurich.

Coordinates: 680101 / 24997647.3957347007098.4996601939201

" Seat wave "

For the bathhouse Juch in their home community Zumikon designed Annemie Fontana between 1972-1974 more blue and cyan " seat wave ". It involves undulating seating, each with two or four wells that were set up in the bathhouse near the swimming pool and toddlers pools. For the same waves she created an additional double Tele. It consists of two interlocking, 7.2 -meter-high waves, which was erected next to the restaurant. One shaft has a beige and the other is a white color.

Coordinates: 689 328 / 24300847.3318825277478.6204762756824

« By Step »

Annemie Fontana was commissioned a sculpture on the site, built by Hans Knecht Kantonsschule Zurich lowlands in Bülach set up. The sculpture " by step " is a 35 -ton granite ball that was placed on a grass hill. The walk- ball is broken crosswise and so has two covered passages. Your design time lasted from 1980 until 1983.

The ball is a symbol of an oppressive experience in school by Annemie Fontana in the schoolhouse Latvians in Zurich. She sat one time under the relief of the covered school building entrance until they dared to enter the school. The artwork is now emblematic of this transcendental experience. The ball is the symbol for the world of the artist and asks the audience to take place in this world the passage of the protected private world into the public school world, such as the Annemie Fontana had to experience in their school day.

Coordinates: 683 564 / 26360647.5178818100468.548082113266

" Sesame door and bronze sculpture»

The " Sesame door and bronze sculpture" is a diptych consisting of two superimposed suspended metallic images of three-dimensional design. The image appears as upside down suspended negative of the other image. In the center is a square on the shorter parallel side of an isosceles trapezoid. These are three rectangular planes, thus forming a shallow step pyramid, which is in a picture in the air and the other image in the depth. The diptych is located at the entrance of Aries hall.

Coordinates: 683 173 / 24743547.3725008090938.5398745536804

Fontana Gränacher Foundation

Annemie Fontana laid down in his will that after her death a foundation for eligible artists will be set up. The Foundation was registered in spring 2003 in the commercial register and support the work of artists with an annual art prize in the amount of 20,000 Swiss francs. There are only awarded artists are members of the SGBK Swiss Society of Visual Artists or professional association of visarte are visual art - Switzerland.