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Peter Lenk (born 6 June 1947, in Nuremberg) is a German sculptor based in Bodman-Ludwigshafen on Lake Constance, known for the controversial sexual content of his public art.[1]

Art

Lenk's artworks include:

• Imperia, a ten-meter-tall rotating statue in the harbor of Konstanz, (Germany), depicting a fictional courtesan from a short story by Balzac.[2] Although it was highly controversial when installed in 1993, today it is "the most photographed attraction in the city".[3] A detail from the sculpture, a nude figure of Pope Martin V, was displayed in the Konstanz train station in 2010, but was removed after complaints from the Catholic church and CDU politicians.[3]
• Ludwigs Erbe, a relief sculpture in the town square of Bodman-Ludwigshafen that shows various German politicians engaged in sexual play.[4][5]
• A sculpture on the exterior of the office building in Berlin that houses die Tageszeitung, depicting the editor of a competing newspaper sporting an enormous penis.[6][7]
• A sculpture of Volker Kauder wearing only a skirt made of bananas, like one worn by Josephine Baker, for a benefit auction.[8]
• A statue of German writer Martin Walser wearing ice skates while he rides a horse that stands on the tails of two giant reclining mermaids in a fountain, at the boat landing in Überlingen.[9]
• Hölderlin im Kreisverkehr, a monument to German poet Friedrich Hölderlin installed in 2003 in a traffic roundabout in Lauffen am Neckar.[10]

Books

Lenk is the author or co-author of:

• Skulpturen: Bilder, Briefe, Kommentare (Konstanz: Stadler Verlagsges. Mbh, 2005, ISBN 978-3-7977-0516-7).
• Magische Säule Meersburg: Skulpturen (with Helmut Weidhase, Konstanz: Stadler Verlagsges. Mbh, 2007, ISBN 978-3-7977-0540-2).

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Peter Lenk (category)

• Official website (in German)

На других языках

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[de] Peter Lenk

Peter Lenk (* 6. Juni 1947 in Nürnberg) ist ein deutscher Bildhauer aus Bodman-Ludwigshafen am Bodensee. Er stellt auf satirische Art von ihm empfundene gesellschaftliche Missstände dar.[1]

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- [en] Peter Lenk

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[fr] Peter Lenk

Peter Lenk est un sculpteur allemand né à Nuremberg le 6 juin 1947, habitant à Bodman-Ludwigshafen sur le lac de Constance.

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[ru] Ленк, Петер

Петр Ленк является немецким скульптором, родился в Нюрнберге 6 июня 1947, проживает в Бодман на Боденском озере. Его стиль - карикатуры с фигурами знаменитостей и неизвестных, символически показывающие связь между прошлым и настоящим.

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