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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).