Publisher's Synopsis
In an interview with the editor Matthias Winzen, Stephan Balkenhol- who has subjected one of his trademark patiently forbearingfigures on this occasion to a ''Balancing Act'' for the anniversary ofGerman reunification - also maintains that a meaningful monumentto commemorate German unity is a tricky enterprise. In thecapital, Berlin, not far from Checkpoint Charlie and in front of thehigh-rise Springer Building, a man wearing a white shirt andblack trousers is balancing on a piece of stylized wall that is itselfsituated at a flashpoint of German post-war history. The bookgives an account of this important works development in the studio,and serves as a short, yet engrossing, reader on the history ofthe City of Berlin.
