슈베칭겐 최고의 워킹 & 하이킹 경로

Entrance to the bird trail 🐦

Entrance to the castle

Green view

https://www.wakeboarding-mannheim.de

A great opportunity to take a little break.

Guido Messer (*1941) The Claque Bronze, galvanized steel tables, 1988 "Razor-sharp" is as fitting 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 of individual occurrences and characterizes them by their binding properties. By essentially sharing his knowledge of such properties, we make them speak to us through the expression Messer has found for them in his works. The encounter with Messer's sculptures therefore has something of a déjà vu about it, or they are immediately perceived as archetypes whose identifiability is known to be very high and very widespread." (Prof. Dr. Helge Bathelt at an exhibition opening in Herrenberg, 2008) The sculpture group "The Claque" consists of four bronze figures, which Guido Messer commissioned for a sculpture exhibition at the Filderhalle in 1988. The bronze casting process allows a mold to be reused multiple times, and thus "The Claque" can also 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. Accordingly, Guido Messer depicts four men who clap, but without any sign of emotion on their faces. Their posture, gestures, and expressions are stereotypical; each one resembles the next. Placed as torsos on a table, they appear like functioning machines with human features. Positioned in front of the Filderhalle, they greet everyone who has come to attend an exhibition, a play, or a concert. The artist humorously illustrates what a visitor should not be: an emotionless and uninvolved claqueur. Source: https://www.leinfelden-echterdingen.de/Startseite/Kultur/Die+Claque.html

Claquers stand opposite the town hall

Unfortunately currently closed due to construction site