Parco di Sculture
№ 25

Winda

Bronze · 1994

The title says it all: Winda, in Polish, means wind, and here the wind becomes sculpture. This female bronze figure seems caught in a suspended instant: her hair, her arms, even her head seem to move, pushed by an invisible force. It is a work that breathes movement, even though it is solid matter. The moving parts suggest that identity, indeed the body itself, can change direction, like leaves in the wind. Metzler does not simply sculpt a woman: he sculpts a moment. This version is a maquette for a monumental seventeen-metre sculpture in corten steel, made in Wyoming, where the open landscape and strong winds amplify the sense of natural force and freedom.