In 2000, a sculptural composition of huge (about 3.5 meters long) faceless babies crawling at high altitudes down and up the walls of this building was placed on the Zhizhkov TV Tower. The appearance of these alien babies on an ordinary television tower, reminiscent of the city's communist past, has made it one of Prague's most famous and popular tourist attractions.
The giant babies were conceived by David Black back in 1994, when he lived in New York. Initially, the composition of the sculptures was intended for the Museum of Modern Art in Chicago. But this museum could not find money for the installation, so the figures wandered for several years at various exhibitions.
In 2008, three more giant black babies with barcodes instead of faces "settled" in Kampa Park near the museum. The sculptures are cast in bronze, each, like its "Zhyzhkovsky brother", 3.5 meters long and about 2.5 meters high.
The sculptural composition "Babies" is very popular with tourists and is one of the most significant installations of the open part of the museum at the Camp.
All sculptural compositions of David the Black have a hidden meaning. That's "Babies" too. Babies without faces express the sculptor's protest against abortion.
The giant babies were conceived by David Black back in 1994, when he lived in New York. Initially, the composition of the sculptures was intended for the Museum of Modern Art in Chicago. But this museum could not find money for the installation, so the figures wandered for several years at various exhibitions.
In 2008, three more giant black babies with barcodes instead of faces "settled" in Kampa Park near the museum. The sculptures are cast in bronze, each, like its "Zhyzhkovsky brother", 3.5 meters long and about 2.5 meters high.
The sculptural composition "Babies" is very popular with tourists and is one of the most significant installations of the open part of the museum at the Camp.
All sculptural compositions of David the Black have a hidden meaning. That's "Babies" too. Babies without faces express the sculptor's protest against abortion.
Translated automatically from Ukrainian. View original
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