> Germany’s only equestrian statue of former Chancellor Angela Merkel has collapsed. Already in spring, there was considerable damage to the sculpture by artist Wilhelm Koch, which was placed in front of a museum in the Upper Palatinate.
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> Germany’s only equestrian statue of former Chancellor Angela Merkel has collapsed. The work of art in front of the Temple Museum in the Freudenberg district of Etsdorf in the Amberg-Sulzbach district had already suffered considerable damage in the spring when the horse’s head broke off and Angela Merkel’s hand fell off.
> Sculpture did not withstand the elements
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> Now, in the night of this Thursday, the equestrian statue has completely collapsed, as the artist Wilhelm Koch has communicated.
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> Koch had installed the artwork in October 2021 on the occasion of a photo exhibition in front of the Temple Museum. The equestrian statue showed the ex-chancellor life-size on a quarter horse, dressed in her typical pantsuit and hands formed into the famous “Merkel rhombus”, looking east. It was the only equestrian statue of the CDU politician in Germany.
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> The 2.70-meter-high sculpture weighed one and a half tons and was made of recycled lightweight concrete, but it could not withstand the elements. The lightweight concrete, which was produced using a 3D printing process, was not suitable for outdoor use, says Wilhelm Koch. The artist is now considering what to do with the remains of the equestrian statue.
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> In the spring, he initially fixed the fallen hand and the broken horse’s head with adhesive tape and whitewashed the equestrian statue. But the rescue attempts didn’t help. That morning, Koch found only rubble: The figure of the ex-chancellor, made of recycled lightweight concrete, had fallen off the horse, and the horse itself had broken apart in the middle.
Everything is a symbol and has meaning
Oh no! Good thing German public funds bring us these important reports.
Who made the statue? Putin?
My bet is that the artist knew exactly what was going to happen in some years and that it won’t endure the elements for long. Likely as a protest against Merkel’s policies. Smart guy.
I’ve never heard of this statue until today, as a German.
This sounds like being taken out of the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy:
>The figure of the ex-chancellor, made of recycled lightweight concrete, had fallen off the horse, and the horse itself had broken apart in the middle.
Make it out of warpstone next time. Not only would it last forever, but also glow in the dark.
The warm green light of the Horned One’s gaze would embrace all that came close to it.
Sometimes art mimics life, sometimes life mimics art.
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> Germany’s only equestrian statue of former Chancellor Angela Merkel has collapsed. Already in spring, there was considerable damage to the sculpture by artist Wilhelm Koch, which was placed in front of a museum in the Upper Palatinate.
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> Germany’s only equestrian statue of former Chancellor Angela Merkel has collapsed. The work of art in front of the Temple Museum in the Freudenberg district of Etsdorf in the Amberg-Sulzbach district had already suffered considerable damage in the spring when the horse’s head broke off and Angela Merkel’s hand fell off.
> Sculpture did not withstand the elements
>
> Now, in the night of this Thursday, the equestrian statue has completely collapsed, as the artist Wilhelm Koch has communicated.
>
> Koch had installed the artwork in October 2021 on the occasion of a photo exhibition in front of the Temple Museum. The equestrian statue showed the ex-chancellor life-size on a quarter horse, dressed in her typical pantsuit and hands formed into the famous “Merkel rhombus”, looking east. It was the only equestrian statue of the CDU politician in Germany.
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> The 2.70-meter-high sculpture weighed one and a half tons and was made of recycled lightweight concrete, but it could not withstand the elements. The lightweight concrete, which was produced using a 3D printing process, was not suitable for outdoor use, says Wilhelm Koch. The artist is now considering what to do with the remains of the equestrian statue.
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> In the spring, he initially fixed the fallen hand and the broken horse’s head with adhesive tape and whitewashed the equestrian statue. But the rescue attempts didn’t help. That morning, Koch found only rubble: The figure of the ex-chancellor, made of recycled lightweight concrete, had fallen off the horse, and the horse itself had broken apart in the middle.
Everything is a symbol and has meaning
Oh no! Good thing German public funds bring us these important reports.
Who made the statue? Putin?
My bet is that the artist knew exactly what was going to happen in some years and that it won’t endure the elements for long. Likely as a protest against Merkel’s policies. Smart guy.
I’ve never heard of this statue until today, as a German.
This sounds like being taken out of the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy:
>The figure of the ex-chancellor, made of recycled lightweight concrete, had fallen off the horse, and the horse itself had broken apart in the middle.
Make it out of warpstone next time. Not only would it last forever, but also glow in the dark.
The warm green light of the Horned One’s gaze would embrace all that came close to it.
Sometimes art mimics life, sometimes life mimics art.
must be made in russia