A "mermaid" sculpture rises in Germany's Alster lake.
The four-meter-high sculpture, designed by German artist Oliver Voss will be in place until August 12. Too damn scary. If I see this kind of thing at night, I won't sleep o. Continue to see more pics...
I find it so annoying seeing a female statue with her fat head Spreading her legs in the water. What's the point of that? Looks weird and suggestive to me.
She looks more like a drag queen sitting in the lake. I thought mermaids bottom halves were supposed to look like fish tails...?? Or maybe I watched Splash too much as a kid.
Abeg are dis white people okiie? Putting up dis kind of thing as a show off for people to com and see, only looking at it from d computer is even mind wrecthing not 2 talk of seeing it life!
I first saw these photos this morning on Yahoo and it gave me goosebumps.I wondered what was going on in the mind of the sculptor.
I hear people refer to it as Grand Mermaid or Bathing Beauty. I don't think it's a mermaid, since it doesn't have a tail and fins on the legs. I also think it's not a full sculpture, probably just a head and legs propped on something.
I guess this earn Oliver Voss(the sculptor) something in the Guinness Book of Records. Abi?
I think the title would have been "giving birth inside water". There is nothing mermaid here. I thought they said mammywater is very pretty, this one na wowo mammy water.Oyibo can be fetish too.
Nigerians are so backward and so up themselves! Go out and explore. See people condemning "oyinbo" people yet we all want to flock over there.
Someone created a great piece of art doing what he/she loves and probably getting paid handsomely in the process yet we criticise sitting behind our computers in our mediocre jobs/lives.
i agreed wif wt d last person said,we don't ave 2 be criticising people though its somehow scary bt den this is wt he/she knows how 2 do best,so we just ave 2 be creative and not condeming people.
charli, look at d cover picture very well..hmnnn, it seems to me dat d woman aka mermaid is about to give birth or wait a min...naaah! second glance, she's horny. c d man paddling hs canoe sef, see d guy position..right in d middle..d guy de wonder weda im fit kpansh d womermaid cos d thing big pass am make e no go swallow am oh! AM JUS SAYING
Actually I agree with Bo, the sculpture is looking too suggestive, and I mite be saying this because I have a slightly dirty mind, but I might not. I dont like the concept, the legs... isn't there a more dignified position? Anyway it's not my problem o jare.
LOL to me it looks like a sculpture of a woman having a water birth :) Mermaids are supposed to have the tail of a fish right? esp when it gets into water.
mermaid?i tot mermaid was suppose to be half human half fish but i could see a complete woman in a position of labour...but look scary ,good work though.brilliant idea.
That is a great masterpiece. Linda, I am glad you put it here to challenge our thinking.
Someone earlier commented that it was joblessness. I think this kind of thinking has left us in the abyss because we sort of tend to bury our creativity and later begin to complain that things are not working for us.
This joblessness will earn Germany plenty revenue in tourism. I wish we have this kind of joblessness in Nigeria. Guess how much we can make.
This is what make westerners more appealing because they think OUTSIDE THE BOX, whether you like it or not, it's UNIQUE and will bring out a lot of curiosity.
But Africans, na copy, copy, go kill us. Where's your imagination, innovative mind? and if we have it, we don't work on it to bring it into existence and be consistent with it.
Hi Linda, It is interesting to hear other people's take on this. I rather think it's cool though. The expression on her face is quite captivating. In this part of the world, there is another dimension to art. The way they see and appreciate art is eccentric but true. I wouldn't say it is a mermaid though as a mermaid would have fins for legs. Above all, a nice concept.
This is no doubt an exquisite work of art, really great. But of what significance is it, I mean, is it dr to scare people away or just a huge reminder that mermaids are in that sea? Relevance pls.
eeewoooo oh Linda! lol
ReplyDeleteThis is clearly one piece of art that is mind-blowing. This will attract tourists to that region of Germany. Just what we need in Nigeria.
ReplyDeleteFgg
ReplyDeleteCan I just know why? Why d hell a freaking mermaid sculpture is randomly in d middle of nowhere? What's its purpose? Mtchewwww joblessness
ReplyDeleteIts so scary looking at it via d internet sef not to now talk of looking at it face to face. I go run mehn!!!
ReplyDeleteThis na nimoja o
ReplyDeleteAnd this is art. Oyibo na wao!
ReplyDeletefreakingly scaryyyyy!! eishhhh!!
ReplyDeleteI find it so annoying seeing a female statue with her fat head Spreading her legs in the water. What's the point of that? Looks weird and suggestive to me.
ReplyDeleteWao! This is big. The person try oooooooooooooooooo
ReplyDeleteOno, See ugly strong face! Imagine this in nigeria? It would be a light skinned woman with a fat booty!
ReplyDeleteShe looks more like a drag queen sitting in the lake. I thought mermaids bottom halves were supposed to look like fish tails...?? Or maybe I watched Splash too much as a kid.
ReplyDeleteAbeg are dis white people okiie? Putting up dis kind of thing as a show off for people to com and see, only looking at it from d computer is even mind wrecthing not 2 talk of seeing it life!
ReplyDeletecrazy Oyibo people, this too scary,
ReplyDeletebut a fine work of arts...
mermaids have fin/tail not legs so i guess it should have been tagged female sculpture because obviously we can see the legs?
ReplyDeleteMermaid = to human upper body and fish tail....no? Well, i see human legs.....so why mermaid?
ReplyDeleteNa wah oooooooooo.Nothing wey oyinbo no go take play
ReplyDeleted mermaid is in labour...she wan born!
ReplyDeletethis is not an easy work at all. I appreciate whomever it was that dedicated his time to creating this
ReplyDeleteI first saw these photos this morning on Yahoo and it gave me goosebumps.I wondered what was going on in the mind of the sculptor.
ReplyDeleteI hear people refer to it as Grand Mermaid or Bathing Beauty. I don't think it's a mermaid, since it doesn't have a tail and fins on the legs. I also think it's not a full sculpture, probably just a head and legs propped on something.
I guess this earn Oliver Voss(the sculptor) something in the Guinness Book of Records. Abi?
I think the title would have been "giving birth inside water". There is nothing mermaid here. I thought they said mammywater is very pretty, this one na wowo mammy water.Oyibo can be fetish too.
ReplyDeleteNigerians are so backward and so up themselves! Go out and explore. See people condemning "oyinbo" people yet we all want to flock over there.
ReplyDeleteSomeone created a great piece of art doing what he/she loves and probably getting paid handsomely in the process yet we criticise sitting behind our computers in our mediocre jobs/lives.
Abeg live and let live people.
...and I am a born and bred Nigerian!
i agreed wif wt d last person said,we don't ave 2 be criticising people though its somehow scary bt den this is wt he/she knows how 2 do best,so we just ave 2 be creative and not condeming people.
ReplyDeletecharli, look at d cover picture very well..hmnnn, it seems to me dat d woman aka mermaid is about to give birth or wait a min...naaah! second glance, she's horny. c d man paddling hs canoe sef, see d guy position..right in d middle..d guy de wonder weda im fit kpansh d womermaid cos d thing big pass am make e no go swallow am oh!
ReplyDeleteAM JUS SAYING
wat the hey omo this oyinbo pple to go kill persin ooooooo but itz a nice one sha
ReplyDeletewat the hey omo this oyinbo pple to go kill persin ooooooo but itz a nice one sha
ReplyDeleteMe likey!!!
ReplyDeleteActually I agree with Bo, the sculpture is looking too suggestive, and I mite be saying this because I have a slightly dirty mind, but I might not. I dont like the concept, the legs... isn't there a more dignified position? Anyway it's not my problem o jare.
ReplyDeleteI love it. That's art. what are y'all talking about? Some people on this blog sha.
ReplyDeleteI AGREE WIT BO.....WAT EXACTLY IS D POINT.
ReplyDeleteVERY SCARY ISH!
This monstrosity is one of the most hideous things I've ever seen!! Ewwww....why would i wanna see this? I don't think it qualifies as art either.
ReplyDelete@dee dee help me tell them oh. That tin no resemble mermaid sam sam. Na drag queen be dat....monalisa art work part 2.
ReplyDelete*ajalahtravel*
Okay, the first thing that comes to my mind na! Real!
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i hope they appeased some mami-water spiorit well b4 doing dis? 9ice work. i love art any time any day.
ReplyDeleteAll i can say is scary! This is out of the world art.
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Talking about being scared, about how different it is from our perception of how a mermaid looks is not criticism
ReplyDelete@Anon 8:45 it is in your village that it is needed
ReplyDeleteNow I see why art is not for everyone
ReplyDeletesimply creative... if i was in Nigeria now they have done it... i won't pass dat place again
ReplyDeleteLOL to me it looks like a sculpture of a woman having a water birth :) Mermaids are supposed to have the tail of a fish right? esp when it gets into water.
ReplyDeleteAt least they acknowledge that mammy water na German woman.
ReplyDeletemermaid?i tot mermaid was suppose to be half human half fish but i could see a complete woman in a position of labour...but look scary ,good work though.brilliant idea.
ReplyDeleteThat is a great masterpiece. Linda, I am glad you put it here to challenge our thinking.
ReplyDeleteSomeone earlier commented that it was joblessness. I think this kind of thinking has left us in the abyss because we sort of tend to bury our creativity and later begin to complain that things are not working for us.
This joblessness will earn Germany plenty revenue in tourism. I wish we have this kind of joblessness in Nigeria. Guess how much we can make.
now when i say beautiful i mean beautiful...serzly we need stuff lyk dis in naija... imagine that on third mainland
ReplyDeleteBrilliant! I'd love to dive in to see the rest! *wink*
ReplyDeleteThis is what make westerners more appealing because they think OUTSIDE THE BOX, whether you like it or not, it's UNIQUE and will bring out a lot of curiosity.
ReplyDeleteBut Africans, na copy, copy, go kill us. Where's your imagination, innovative mind? and if we have it, we don't work on it to bring it into existence and be consistent with it.
Hi Linda,
ReplyDeleteIt is interesting to hear other people's take on this. I rather think it's cool though. The expression on her face is quite captivating.
In this part of the world, there is another dimension to art. The way they see and appreciate art is eccentric but true.
I wouldn't say it is a mermaid though as a mermaid would have fins for legs. Above all, a nice concept.
Id Sholanke
very creative....nice work!
ReplyDeleteThis is no doubt an exquisite work of art, really great. But of what significance is it, I mean, is it dr to scare people away or just a huge reminder that mermaids are in that sea? Relevance pls.
ReplyDelete