Parco di Sculture
№ 33

Tronco (dalla Serie Olymp)

Iron and African oak · 1975

This work represents the archetypal core of the famous Olymp series, a cycle in which Metzler reflects on the contemporary idea of mythology and divinity. During a trip to Crete and Athens, the artist was struck by the symbolic power of Olympus, not only as a place of classical mythology, but as a metaphor for new modern pantheons: those of sport, holidays, business. The sculptures of the series combine iron structures, solid, industrial, almost muscular, with complex wooden compositions, often animated by small carved scenes that stage contemporary gods: managers, tourists, athletes. But Tronco, unlike the others, renounces narration. It is the primal model, the essence. Iron legs support a simple mass of African oak, rough and dense, silent but full of potential.