Daniel Spoerri
The Players
The Players
1985
6 sculptures, ball, stand space 8 x 8 m, bronze
The Giardino holds 6 figure groups by Daniel Spoerri: Nos 11, 12, 13, 54 and 73. The Players are arranged in a circle and stand in relation to a sphere in the centre. All the figures stand equidistant from the sphere, yet each approaches the sphere in a different way: one possessively and purposefully (»SS-Officer«), another as if dancing (»Dandy«). They are additionally characterised by their names: the Poet, the Priest, the Prey, the Dandy, the Woman Scratching Herself, the Rider, the SS-Officer.