Four shades of red: To honor Karl Marx' 195th birthday, artist Ottmar Hörl set 500 of these sculptures up throughout the philosopher's hometown of Trier, a city in western Germany near the border with Luxembourg. The different shades are reportedly meant to suggest that Marxism can be interpreted in more than one way.
http://www.spiegel.de/fotostrecke/500-marx-sculptures-celebrate-philosopher-s-legacy-in-trier-fotostrecke-96325.html
http://www.spiegel.de/international/zeitgeist/artist-sets-up-500-garden-gnome-statues-of-karl-marx-in-trier-a-898008.html
Thoughts?
I'll refrain from voicing my own for now.
http://www.spiegel.de/fotostrecke/500-marx-sculptures-celebrate-philosopher-s-legacy-in-trier-fotostrecke-96325.html
http://www.spiegel.de/international/zeitgeist/artist-sets-up-500-garden-gnome-statues-of-karl-marx-in-trier-a-898008.html
Thoughts?
I'll refrain from voicing my own for now.
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