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Massive new David Černý sculpture holds up a Prague apartment building

Massive new David Černý sculpture holds up a Prague apartment building

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Massive new David Černý sculpture holds up a Prague apartment building
The 24-meter metallic woman is two-and-a-half times as tall as the equestrian statue of Jan Žižka on Vítkov hill.

A giant figure now looms over Prague’s Karlín district. David Černý’s “Lilit,” which stands 24 meters tall and weighs 35 tons, embraces the side of the Fragment housing development, which is still under construction.

Due to its size, “Lilit” was delivered to the construction site in pieces, resembling a model kit, and was assembled with the help of a crane on the weekend of Oct. 1–2. The head was the last part to go on, and it took about two hours to lift it from the ground and finally attach it to the torso. All of the pieces were made in the Czech Republic.

"Lilit" picks up on some of Černý’s previous themes. The sculpture's head will rotate 180 degrees every day at midnight. Several of the sculptor’s previous works such as “Head of Franz Kafka,” “Piss,” “Beetle,” and “Pegasus” are also kinetic. He has explored shiny human figures before with “In Utero” and “Speederman” as well as “Kafka.” 

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https://www.expats.cz/czech-news/article/massive-new-david-cerny-sculpture-holds-up-a-prague-apartment-building