This statue is called "alien Invasion"
and shows people's (men's) attitude
to the reality of a planned fake alien threat
- it is emasculated (XXXX and balls are missing)
and its head is buried in the ground (sand).
A sculpture by David Breuer-Weil in Grosvenor Gardens.
Picture: Westminster City Council
‘Alien’ invasion lands in central London
bleary-eyed commuters were greeted by the sight of a giant bronze alien
appearing to crash down to earth in Grosvenor Gardens this morning.
Sculptor David Breuer-Weil’s striking creation, five times the size of a human,
was lifted into place by a crane over the weekend,
just yards from the back of Buckingham Palace Gardens.
Mr Breuer-Weil said: “I love the idea of the shock of an alien landing
in the heart of London and taking everybody by surprise.
“Every new work of art should be like an alien landing,
something sudden and unexpected.”
The London-born artist, who is most famous for his work
The Visitor at Chatsworth House and has exbited around the world,
says that his latest work is a personal story.
He said: “My grandfather was a refugee from Vienna and
fled after the Nazis took over there in 1938.
He landed in England very suddenly,
but found he was labelled an ‘Enemy Alien’ when he arrived here.
“He always discussed the tragedy of being considered an alien in his new home.
I wrote his name Ernst on the sculpture in huge letters,
and the sculpture is more about our sense of belonging than any sci-fi theme,
but both ideas are present.
“I have this idea that extra-terrestrials are completely human,
maybe just different in scale, as is the case with my sculpture,
which is five times the size of an ordinary person, but very human otherwise.”
The sculpture is part of Westminster City Council’s ongoing City of Sculpture initiative
to bring top class art onto the streets of the borough.
Article by: Lucy Jordan
Monday, April 15, 2013
http://www.london24.com/entertainment/arts/alien_invasion_lands_in_central_london_1_2018607
and shows people's (men's) attitude
to the reality of a planned fake alien threat
- it is emasculated (XXXX and balls are missing)
and its head is buried in the ground (sand).
A sculpture by David Breuer-Weil in Grosvenor Gardens.
Picture: Westminster City Council
‘Alien’ invasion lands in central London
bleary-eyed commuters were greeted by the sight of a giant bronze alien
appearing to crash down to earth in Grosvenor Gardens this morning.
Sculptor David Breuer-Weil’s striking creation, five times the size of a human,
was lifted into place by a crane over the weekend,
just yards from the back of Buckingham Palace Gardens.
Mr Breuer-Weil said: “I love the idea of the shock of an alien landing
in the heart of London and taking everybody by surprise.
“Every new work of art should be like an alien landing,
something sudden and unexpected.”
The London-born artist, who is most famous for his work
The Visitor at Chatsworth House and has exbited around the world,
says that his latest work is a personal story.
He said: “My grandfather was a refugee from Vienna and
fled after the Nazis took over there in 1938.
He landed in England very suddenly,
but found he was labelled an ‘Enemy Alien’ when he arrived here.
“He always discussed the tragedy of being considered an alien in his new home.
I wrote his name Ernst on the sculpture in huge letters,
and the sculpture is more about our sense of belonging than any sci-fi theme,
but both ideas are present.
“I have this idea that extra-terrestrials are completely human,
maybe just different in scale, as is the case with my sculpture,
which is five times the size of an ordinary person, but very human otherwise.”
The sculpture is part of Westminster City Council’s ongoing City of Sculpture initiative
to bring top class art onto the streets of the borough.
Article by: Lucy Jordan
Monday, April 15, 2013
http://www.london24.com/entertainment/arts/alien_invasion_lands_in_central_london_1_2018607
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