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Karlsruhe District

The Claque bronze sculpture by Guido Messer

Karlsruhe District

The Claque bronze sculpture by Guido Messer

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The Claque bronze sculpture by Guido Messer

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Location: Schwetzingen, Rhein-Neckar-Kreis, Karlsruhe District, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

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Barbara & 🐾

April 6, 2025

Guido Messer (*1941)
The Claque
Bronze, galvanized steel tables, 1988
"'Razor-sharp' is as apt as it is significant in relation to Guido Messer's art. 'Razor-sharp' describes a precise and profound power of observation. Messer distills the species from the mass-appearing individual and characterizes it through its binding qualities. By essentially sharing our knowledge of such qualities with him, they become eloquent for us through the expression Messer found for them in his works. Encountering Messer's sculptures therefore has something of a déjà vu about it, or they are immediately perceived as archetypes whose identifiability is notoriously high and widespread." (Prof. Dr. Helge Bathelt at an exhibition opening in Herrenberg in 2008)
The sculpture group "The Claque" consists of four bronze figures that Guido Messer commissioned for a sculpture exhibition at the Filderhalle in 1988. The bronze casting process allows one mold to be used multiple times, and thus "The Claque" can still be found in Backnang, Pforzheim, and Schwetzingen.
The claque was a group of people who were paid for their applause, especially in the 18th and 19th centuries. Guido Messer accordingly depicts four men clapping, but without any sign of emotion in their faces. Their posture and gestures, as well as their faces, are stereotypical; one resembles the other. Positioned as torsos on a table, they appear like functioning machines with a human appearance. Positioned in front of the Filderhalle, they welcome all who have come to attend an exhibition, a play, or a concert. The artist humorously demonstrates what the visitor should not be: an emotionless and seemingly uninvolved claque.
Source: leinfelden-echterdingen.de/Startseite/Kultur/Die+Claque.html

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Michael (Wasi)

September 16, 2024

It looks as if the men agree with the decisions being made in the town hall opposite and are therefore applauding...

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Dieter S. Weschnitztal

June 8, 2024

Just join in and clap along 👏😉

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Location: Schwetzingen, Rhein-Neckar-Kreis, Karlsruhe District, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

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