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Friday 5 August 2011

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...



 
 
 
 
 
 
 

49 comments:

Anonymous said...

eeewoooo oh Linda! lol

Anonymous said...

This 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.

Anonymous said...

Fgg

Godfrey said...

Can I just know why? Why d hell a freaking mermaid sculpture is randomly in d middle of nowhere? What's its purpose? Mtchewwww joblessness

BAVA said...

Its so scary looking at it via d internet sef not to now talk of looking at it face to face. I go run mehn!!!

Anonymous said...

This na nimoja o

Anonymous said...

And this is art. Oyibo na wao!

Anonymous said...

freakingly scaryyyyy!! eishhhh!!

Bo said...

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.

Anonymous said...

Wao! This is big. The person try oooooooooooooooooo

Anonymous said...

Ono, See ugly strong face! Imagine this in nigeria? It would be a light skinned woman with a fat booty!

Dee dee said...

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.

alleny said...

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!

Kingsley said...

crazy Oyibo people, this too scary,
but a fine work of arts...

the white enchantress said...

mermaids have fin/tail not legs so i guess it should have been tagged female sculpture because obviously we can see the legs?

anita said...

Mermaid = to human upper body and fish tail....no? Well, i see human legs.....so why mermaid?

Anonymous said...

Na wah oooooooooo.Nothing wey oyinbo no go take play

Anonymous said...

d mermaid is in labour...she wan born!

Watermark said...

this is not an easy work at all. I appreciate whomever it was that dedicated his time to creating this

Joan said...

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?

Anonymous said...

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.

Anonymous said...

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.

Abeg live and let live people.

...and I am a born and bred Nigerian!

notono said...

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.

Bumayee said...

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

Anonymous said...

wat the hey omo this oyinbo pple to go kill persin ooooooo but itz a nice one sha

Anonymous said...

wat the hey omo this oyinbo pple to go kill persin ooooooo but itz a nice one sha

Anonymous said...

Me likey!!!

Anonymous said...

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.

Adetutu said...

I love it. That's art. what are y'all talking about? Some people on this blog sha.

Anonymous said...

I AGREE WIT BO.....WAT EXACTLY IS D POINT.
VERY SCARY ISH!

**sideeye** said...

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.

Anonymous said...

@dee dee help me tell them oh. That tin no resemble mermaid sam sam. Na drag queen be dat....monalisa art work part 2.

*ajalahtravel*

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steezz.com said...

i hope they appeased some mami-water spiorit well b4 doing dis? 9ice work. i love art any time any day.

Hotnigerianews said...

All i can say is scary! This is out of the world art.
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Anonymous said...

Talking about being scared, about how different it is from our perception of how a mermaid looks is not criticism

loudmouthed said...

@Anon 8:45 it is in your village that it is needed

Chili Pepa said...

Now I see why art is not for everyone

TRENDS by Bukchris said...

simply creative... if i was in Nigeria now they have done it... i won't pass dat place again

Unknown said...

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.

Kemiismyrealname said...

At least they acknowledge that mammy water na German woman.

Anonymous said...

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.

suresuccess said...

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.

missybeefash said...

now when i say beautiful i mean beautiful...serzly we need stuff lyk dis in naija... imagine that on third mainland

ANIWURA OMOLAYO said...

Brilliant! I'd love to dive in to see the rest! *wink*

Anonymous said...

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.

Anonymous said...

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.

Id Sholanke

florichafy said...

very creative....nice work!

Emelda said...

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.

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