Snake across intersection
The Snake Crossing is an art installation by the Dutch artist Auke de Vries in Ludwigsburg .
On the occasion of the art project Platzverführung , de Vries created the art object out of plastic and steel . The height of the sculpture is 21 meters, the length of the snake around 12 meters with a weight of 180 kg. The house with twigs and a snake, which was installed in 1992 above the intersection of Wilhelmstrasse and Schlossstrasse ( B 27 ), known as the Sternkreuzung, rests on a sloping girder. The sculpture was bought by the Badische Landesbank for 250,000 DM and given to the city of Ludwigsburg.
The traffic restrictions associated with the installation by blocking a turning lane led to controversy.
After initially controversial opinions, the sculpture has now arrived in the cityscape of Ludwigsburg and was restored by the builder in 2006. Alke Hollwedel , director of the Ludwigsburg Museum, sees the sculpture as one of the city's landmarks .
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- ↑ History of the City of Ludwigsburg, Volume 2, p. 247 [1]
- ^ Uwe Degreif: Sculptures and Scandals: Art Conflicts in Baden-Württemberg, Tübinger Vereinigung für Volkskunde, 1997, p. 291 [2] [3] [4]
- ↑ Tim Höhn: The snake sculpture in Ludwigsburg - the enigmatic landmark , in Stuttgarter Nachrichten, July 29, 2018
Coordinates: 48 ° 53 '46.04 " N , 9 ° 11' 38.57" E