Deflected Jets
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Installed in 1988
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| Artist | Guido Peter Brink |
| Year | Commissioned in 1987 Installed in 1988 |
| Dimensions | 350 cm × 89 cm × 89 cm (136 in × 35 in × 35 in) |
| Location | Milwaukee, Wisconsin |
| 42°58′49.42″N 88°01′04.83″W / 42.9803944°N 88.0180083°W | |
Deflected Jets is a public artwork by American artist Guido Peter Brink located on the Fire Engine Company #29 grounds, which is at 3529 South 84th Street in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, in the United States. Commissioned in 1987 and installed the following year, the work consists of a stainless steel abstract form atop a red brick base, to which a placard is affixed. The total size of the piece is approximately 136 by 35 by 35 inches (345 cm × 89 cm × 89 cm).[1]
Guido Brink's artwork outside the Fire Engine Company #29 of the Milwaukee Fire Department is an abstract sculpture in polished stainless steel placed atop a red brick base. It depicts "jets of water piercing and being repelled by a shield."[1] The sculpture's stainless steel portion is approximately 7 feet 6 inches (2.29 m) in height, and the brick is 3 feet 10 inches (1.17 m) high.[1] An inscription on the brass plate attached to the brick base reads:
Deflected Jets by Guido Brink
Dedicated to the Guardians of Public Safety
The Milwaukee Fire Department
1988
Mayor Henry N. Maier
City of Milwaukee Art Commission"[1]
Historical information
Deflected Jets won the 1987 City of Milwaukee Art Commission competition,[2] and was unveiled by Mayor Henry N. Maier in January 1988. and was funded by a Percent for Art program.[1] Many of the Percent for Art works that have been placed outside fire stations have been met with little enthusiasm from the firefighters as the depictions of the firefighters' work are seen as overly realistic. Brink's piece is an exception. According to Diane Buck, "Deflected Jets lyrically captures the spirit of a firefighter's commitment to the community. By creating a highly polished stainless steel sculpture of a shield and jets, which represent the water used by the firefighters and the courage they display, the artist gives the public the best in artistic imagination and craftsmanship."[3]