Ballerina Clown

A clown's head on a ballet dancer's body in the courtyard of the Ludwig Forum für Internationale Kunst at Jülicher Straße 97-109 in Aachen. The clown figure measures 750 x 300 x 300 cm — some seven and a half meters tall — and stands before a curtain and stand of 900 x 570 x 640 cm. The work moves and it sounds: an electric motor moves the dancer's bent leg gently back and forth, a golden ring projects forward on a string the figure holds, and at intervals a tape plays the artist himself singing "My Way" in a hollow monotone. Borofsky made a second version for Venice in Los Angeles, about nine meters tall, unveiled there in 1989; a smaller version toured galleries and museums before either was built. Sources: NRW-Skulptur, "Ballerina Clown" (year, materials, dimensions, address, motor, tape and ring); Wikidata Q127587630 (register record).

Sculptor

Jonathan Borofsky

Made

1990

Material

Aluminum, steel, aluminum mesh, urethane, fiberglass and wood, with motor, lights, amplifier, speakers and tape player

Where

Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Coordinates

50.78106, 6.10089 — open the map

Source

Wikidata Q127587630 — the facts above come from here. Something wrong? Correct it at the source and it flows back.