Soviet Communist Red ?
1995.06.21. FIR TREE CAROUSEL / MONUMENT EXHIBITION / RIGA.
Merry-go-round in roundabout in Riga where the former Lenin Statue was located.
Inside the Parlament building, Riga, Latvia you would have a birds eye perspective of the work.
Riga 1981.
Former Lenin Statue in Riga.
1995 "21 AUGUST 1995". H 460 x W 900 x D 900 cm. 5 fir trees painted red, beeswax, paraffin, steel and wood. Exhibited in MONUMENT Exhibition, Riga, Latvia outside the government building.
Local girl testing.
1995 "21 AUGUST 1995". H 460 x W 900 x D 900 cm. 5 fir trees painted red, beeswax, paraffin, steel and wood.
Local boy testing.
From street level the red firtrees appeared as an organic mass, but from the windows high up in the Parliament building next to the work they would see the carousel
in a birds perspective and immediately recognize the shape of the Red Star.
1995.06.21. FIR TREE CAROUSEL / MONUMENT EXHIBITION / RIGA.
Group Exhibition MONUMENT, Soros Foundation, Riga, Latvia.
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Merry-go-round in roundabout in Riga where the former Lenin Statue was located.
Inside the Parlament building, Riga, Latvia you would have a birds eye perspective of the work.
Riga 1981.
Former Lenin Statue in Riga.
1995 "21 AUGUST 1995". H 460 x W 900 x D 900 cm. 5 fir trees painted red, beeswax, paraffin, steel and wood. Exhibited in MONUMENT Exhibition, Riga, Latvia outside the government building.
Local girl testing.
1995 "21 AUGUST 1995". H 460 x W 900 x D 900 cm. 5 fir trees painted red, beeswax, paraffin, steel and wood.
Local boy testing.
From street level the red firtrees appeared as an organic mass, but from the windows high up in the Parliament building next to the work they would see the carousel in a birds perspective and immediately recognize the shape of the Red Star.
