Der Rufer (lit. 'The Caller') is a bronze sculpture by Gerhard Marcks created in 1967. Casts of the original sculpture are located in Bremen, Berlin and Perth. The statue is of a barefooted man in a robe, cupping his hands to his mouth as if shouting.
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 The statue in Berlin, 2017 | |
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The original commission in 1967 was for a statue outside a telecommunications building in Bremen.[1]
In 1982, a version of the statue was presented to the Art Gallery of Western Australia in Perth by CSR Limited. The Perth statue was dedicated to victims and survivors of torture in 1998.[2][3][4]
Shortly before the fall of the Berlin Wall, a cast of the statue was installed near the Brandenburg Gate in Tiergarten in Berlin. The inscription contains a message of peace.[5][6]
References
edit- ^ "Der 'Rufer' steht nun an der Weser: Umzug der Bronzeplastik von Gerhard Marcks" (in German). Radio Bremen. radiobremen.de. 22 November 2007. Archived from the original on 25 November 2007. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
- ^ "Der Rufer (The Caller), Perth Cultural Centre". Metropolitan Redevelopment Authority. mra.wa.gov.au. Archived from the original on 16 April 2017. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
- ^ "Torture Victims & Survivors ( "Der Rufer ") | Monument Australia". www.monumentaustralia.org.au. Archived from the original on 28 April 2022. Retrieved 7 September 2020.
- ^ Hauser, Kitty (8 January 2015). "Public works". The Australian. p. 11.
- ^ ""Der Rufer", Gerhard Marcks". Berlin.de (in German). 20 November 2018. Retrieved 28 February 2023.
- ^ "Berlin - Der Rufer". Statues.vanderkrogt.net. 10 August 2013. Archived from the original on 28 April 2016. Retrieved 13 November 2016.
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