European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 27, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Story and photos by Effie Bathen Niernberg Bureau marriage a it has its ups and Downs. And it s like a merry go round. ,., me Russell or marriage Carousel is Jurgen i Jer s interpretation of this sometimes painful truth his provocative Fountain sculpture dominates the Ludwig s Plaza in Nurnberg West Germany. H the larger than life figures always seem to spark conversation sometimes a bit of indignation or at least a hit rachye�1ad�"amone, stroll Pas lit Quot Many people mistakenly think that i am against , says . But the 62-year-old artist counters Volg in a  by ,h-1.l work or ptas women in a crude and i. Rrocemtmeriow1 15 of won in �?~1nd Carriage Quot he said Quot marriage is very difficult. Sometimes there is trouble some Imes there is Beauty. It changes Back and Forth Quot Fie a Hope  x he said that his Fountain amp so Nofte omit Posi  that cd in a Mir web Al nce m,lny8aspedatwhat my called a million Mark eyesore Quot when the seven a project was first proposed. In 1984, when it was completed that would have been almost $3 million. That a dip in p  it a non year pumping system 3st that much Asan for the Fountain s a few years later to Weber s dismay an ugly Rumor spread saying that the gluttonous woman seen stuffing her wet w food was supposed to represent Weber s first wife and he designed the work out of spite. I ,7.ks ? also Ute a untrue Quot says Weber. Asa matter of Ost ext dictated with love to hissed in wife  wher6 he card fr., -citt0ur8ulcjes.li,<echnstinaschreidersaythatthe Fountain always provokes a Strong reaction. Visitors often spend a Long time looking at it intrigued by the  of six scenes of serenity Romance and violence in one Section a family floats gently in these raving Waters on the Back of a Pelican in another a Youn Coudle toking in be Quot do Deatthhmostdra-7latic twos it Eleton Cla a talking the to death do us part Quot vow very literally Cje re a Fher ways to interpret the statues too save Stefan Weindl a Nurnberg resident. Quot maybe in 20 years 5like/ he is not married but Hes avs that he and his friends and family have talked about How the Carousel is a reflection of the Carousel of life. It makes one think and Ponder Quot he says written by the work. Twas Ritten by Hans Sachs a medieval Nurnberg Shoemaker turned poet. The Fountain is often called the Hans _ Nurnberg is controversial Carousel Sachs  Fea Stanslaw but stare Anstr pest even though my married life has often Given me comfor tand strife mixture Fjoy and pain my Loving wife she is a heaven for my soul she is also often my pain and hell. My wife is often my fun and jokes soften my lament my fear and pain she is my Joy and my Beauty soften my mourning and my suffering she is my Freedom and my Choice is often my jail and the chains she is my Hope and my Solace is often my doubts my heat my Frost. She is my peace and quiet . My wife is my truest Friend qhod0ftenubec0mesmy8toatestenemy. She is my heart s resting place d makes me still Gray and old