Jul 17 2008
Hanging horse
Hanging horse
The statue of hanging horse was created in 1999 by famous sculpture David Cerny, who received his education in Czech Republic and in USA, could be seen all over Prague like famous Pink tank and the Trabant on legs, symbolising the East German exodus of a decade ago, “Babies” on TV tower Zizkov, “Hanging Out” on the building in Husova Street, “Pi*s” at Kampa island etc. Statue represents a dead horse, hung by the legs from a beam and St. Wenceslas sitting astride. It had several ideas of its location, before its final place in passage way of the Lucerna Palace in Vodickova Street, Prague, just a few metars from Vaclavske namesti. Cerny never comments on the meaning and symbolism of his work, but it’s safe to assume that this Wenceslas (Vaclav in Czech) is reference to Vaclav Klaus, former prime minister and now president of Czech Republic.