Horse by Cherny

  Inside Lucerna pasáž on Vodičkova Street, another public sculpture by Černý can be found. Černý decided to make a parody of the famous sculpture of St. Wenceslas by Josef Václav Myslbek that can be seen on the square. That statue, which was installed in 1924 after decades of work, is a symbol of the city.

However, Černý’s statue Horse is not an appreciation of Bohemia’s patron saint. Instead, hanging upside down from the ceiling of the passage is a horse that is obviously dead and ready to be rendered. A determined Wenceslas sits on its belly. While Černý himself does not comment on the meaning behind this humorous piece, some people claim that it criticizes Czech politician Václav Klaus, as Václav is the Czech version of the name Wenceslas.

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