Location: Messeturm, Frankfurt, Germany
Size: 70 Feet

The Hammering Man was commissioned in 1990 by Jerry Speyer for the new Messeturm building in Frankfurt (architect: Helmut Jahn). The Hammering Man is a symbol for the worker in all of us. The motorized arm of the hammering man continuously swings its hammer back and forth - from the mind to the hand and back again. We all use our minds and our hands to create our world. I like to say 'between the mind and the hand, there is the heart.'