Next to the National Museum is Wenceslas Square, where demonstrations, parades, addresses and all manner of public fanfare were carried out. The square is also notorious for Nazi demonstrations during WWII and later for skirmishes that eventually led to the fall of the Communist regime in 1989. Good King Wenceslas towers over the square whilst only a few blocks away in a glitzy art nouveau shopping plaza, art prankster David Cerny's interpretation of the king rides his dead horse's belly while hanging from the ceiling.
Oh wait...that's the horsey pic I think I saw (upside down one). Are there two in the city or two different pics/angles?
ReplyDeleteThat's a great shot of King Wenceslas on his horse...I really gotta keep this perspective in my mind when looking for good shots...thanks for the idears!!!!!
nope, this upside-down dude is the only one in the city though i did include a small-scale bronze sculpture in an earlier pic. this was part of the david cerny exhibit that i saw earlier this week when julia was in town.
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