Jetty

Jetty carries the relationship to the river in its title and appearance. It consists of two long, offsetly placed quadrangular blocks. They rest on three plinths of different height of which the middle one forms a step. As intended by the artist, they also compensate for the slope of the bank. Buxel used the duality of the processed and unprocessed sides of the Ibbenbüren sandstone as a design element in the tension between the natural and the artificial. The natural left horizontal surface corresponds to the moving water surface; the processed side surfaces serve as a bridging aid. The visible traces of the stone’s formation are honoured. Visible joints show that Buxel’s work is stable without any binder.

Buxel determined the locations of his sculptures with consideration of perspectives. The location of Jetty in a sheltered bay in the Paderauenpark was determined in consultation with his widow, Ilona Habdank-Buxel.

Jetty is used as a bench and as a shelf, but it is also clearly an autonomous work of art. At its location, the work can be understood as a connection between contemporary art and the creation of urban public spaces of high ecological and social quality along the Pader.