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Mechelen 06
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On the Margaret Square in Mechelen, Belgium, there is a striking sculpture of a boy on his rocking horse.

The initial design was created by the Scandinavian artist duo Michael Elmgreen (1961) from Denmark and Ingar Dragset (1968) from Norway commissioned for the project 'Fourth Plinth' on Trafalgar Square in London and is now part of the permanent collection of the Arken Museum of Modern Art in Ishøj near Copenhagen, Denmark.

A series of five formal copies of this statue were made in 1:3 scale. One of those statues was made of brushed bronze. This is the statue that is now in Mechelen. The statue is officially called 'Powerless Structures' but was immediately given the name 'Golden Boy' by the press.

'Golden Boy' refers to the childhood of Emperor Charles V (Febr. 24th, 1500 - Sept. 21th, 1558) in Mechelen, where he grew up at the court of his aunt the Duchess of Savoy Margaret of Austria (Jan. 10th, 1480 - Dec.1st,1530).

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.casechaser
05/12/22 11:19 AM GMT
Spending hours on your own rocking horse is a childhood dream for many young people. Wonderful art.
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.LynEve
05/12/22 12:34 AM GMT
What a wonerful sculpture - and of course perfectly captured and presented
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::biffobear
05/12/22 7:34 PM GMT
I have a friend that renovates old rocking horses...Nice picture..R.
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.ted3020
05/12/22 9:00 PM GMT
Unusual but very interesting. Maybe we can do this for our politicians.
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.jerseygurl
05/13/22 7:19 PM GMT
The sculpture is a wonderful piece of art Cornelius - Love the bronze medium and the details - Great Capture!!!!!!!!!!!
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::tigger3
05/17/22 11:26 PM GMT
Such workmanship, this is superb! tigs=^..^=
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::Nikoneer
05/22/22 5:24 AM GMT
The rope-like mane and curved leather ears appear exactly as they do on a sculpted pair of horses I crafted many years ago, for kids to try their hand at riding upon western-style saddles. The rest of it, however, would take many more skills. I'm quite certain that youngsters visiting Market Square today--and probably the memories of their parents--can easily imagine themselves replacing the young Emperor-to-be upon his trusty steed. If some observe the cropping to be a bit too tight for their liking, it would behoove them to study the child's face, and the clarity it brings to the eye of the beholder. Very nice, C., very nice indeed.

-nik
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::koca
05/26/22 5:18 AM GMT
A wonderful statue and excellent capture, Cornelius.
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