Wipe and swish - the cleaning ladies

"Wipe and swish - the cleaning ladies, 1997

Große Elbstraße 164, Staircase wall.
Design and realisation: Hildegund Schuster. 1997
The mural by Hildegund Schuster at the staircase of the building at Große Elbstraße 164 addresses a job that's often only seen if it HASN'T been done. In the port too, the "typical woman's work" of cleaning scarcely receives any attention. Actually, we wanted to use a wall of a building belonging to Fischmarkt Hamburg-Altona GmbH for the mural, but the senior management let us know that they didn't have any cleaning ladies there."

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"History FrauenFreiluftGalerie

At a glance:

• has been in existence since 1994 has a long-term project. Altogether (as of April 2015) 15 murals at architecturally interesting buildings / walls. This is the only open air gallery in Germany by artists with a focus on working women.

• tells about the changing role of working women in the port of Hamburg from 1900 to the present day.

• creatively designed by women artists from Hamburg and overseas, using various styles and with aesthetic positions."

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