Peter Otto, Twisted Totem, 2004
Center of The Hague: Spui - Grote Markstraat - Kalvermarkt
Part of The Sculpture Gallery
This sculpture by Peter Otto (1955) was made in reaction to the many monuments in public space that were erected to celebrate an important historic event or to commemorate a person. Sources of inspiration were the so-called ‘Talking Statues' of Rome. In the 16th century a tradition was born that the citizens would secretly hang their caustic criticism, stinging epigrams and short satiric verses on a statue. Otto's sculpture is an invitation to do the same, to ridicule it, to make a wish or to leave a flower.
- 2004