Drinking Fountain at Railway Station
Ilya and Emilia Kabakov from the Ukraine & USA designed this unusual fountain (entitled "Drinking Fountain") in Carrara marble, for the opening of the new railway station in Zug in November 2003.
The work depicts the lower half of a male body, in which natural water circulation finds expression. The artists themselves regard it as a water-offering fount. The little white monolith stands lonely and alone, encircled by buses, in front of the enormous station façade. Although enjoying a central and prestigious position, the fountain itself is too small to assert itself against that mammoth building. It is as if the sculpture seeks a rapport with people, and stands there on the square to represent them. If the rest of the body were added to the lower torso, the result would be gigantic.