What is “Dinosaur” about.

Anyone who wants to travel to… United States and especially a city tour New York they can look forward to another photo opportunity in the metropolis from October: as the American media reports, including “The New York Times“, the famous Manhattan area will get a new statue in October 2024. The almost five meter high pigeon is called “Dinosaur” and it is a work Colombia Künstlers Ivan Argote.

The pigeon statue will stand in the High Line public park – built several meters high on an old railway line. It will be located at West 30th Street and 10th Avenue. The pigeon is expected to stay there for 18 months. We reveal what we know about the strange aluminum sculpture.

Why is New York getting a pigeon statue?

According to the New York Times, a call for proposals for a new work of art in New York’s High Line Park began in 2020. The proposal with the pigeon sculpture by Iván Argote was one of about 80 others. Those in charge of the project then made the claims public – and the reactions to the pigeon statue showed that this work of art caused particularly strong feelings among the townspeople, both respect and disgust. .

The release of the pigeon image comes shortly after the book release of a new edition of “The New York Pigeon: Behind the Feathers” by author Andrew Garn. Among other things, he talks about the importance of pigeons for New York City, which, according to Garn, is as connected to the city as alligators are to the Everglades. Florida or penguins with Antarctica. Apparently they were settlers Europewho brought pigeons to America in the 17th century.

“Pigeons are our nature,” the New York Times quotes the author as saying. However, pigeons are always in danger in the metropolis, especially because of the many skyscrapers. According to a recent study, more than a billion pigeons die each year in the United States as a result of accidents with buildings.

Why is the pigeon called a “dinosaur”?

The name “Dinosaur” for a pigeon may seem strange at first, but the artist also had something in mind: the size of his pigeon is a tribute to the “ancestors of pigeons”, the dinosaurs that lived on it the earth millions of years ago and they rule as people do today.

The dove image is intended as a tribute to the dove.

Quelle: Iván Argote (rendering) – Image courtesy of the Artist and The High Line

The choice of name for the pigeon dinosaur statue also points to the extinction of the dinosaurs. “Like them, we will one day be gone, but the remnants of humanity may live on – as do pigeons,” a New York Times article quotes artist Argote as saying. The artwork should not only make you laugh, but also make you think.

More images of animals coming to New York

According to the American daily newspaper, the pigeon is not the only animal icon that will be moving to New York in the near future. As early as September, travelers can also view a herd of life-size Indian elephants in Manhattan, in the Meatpacking District.

However, they are not made of aluminum, but instead of “Lantana camara”, which is translated as lantana. The indoor flowering shrub plant Deutschland is often used for balcony planting, but is considered an invasive species in India, where the elephant statues were created.

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