BRUSSELS – The two large blue and yellow euro sign sculptures, one located outside the European Central Bank in Frankfurt and another recently taken down by Frankfurt Airport, are facing uncertain futures. German artist Ottmar Hörl made them both in 2001. The sculptures, in his view, would be understood as symbols of a unified euro at a time when the currency was still in its infancy. But one evening last week, the smaller of the two sculptures, was quietly removed by the Frankfurt Airport authorities. The 5-metre piece had stood for around 11 years near a ‘Sky line’ transport ramp linking the airport terminals.
The airport’s spokesman Robert A. Payne told this website that the sculpture had been removed for safety issues and to open up space for the eventual expansion in 2013 of the airport’s terminal 3. The electrical display panels that light up the sculpture at night no longer function properly and no longer adhere to Germany safety code norms, said Payne.
“We don’t have at the moment a particular spot where we could install it. We first have to see the particular repairs and the costs but at the moment it’s been dismantled for safety reasons, ” said Payne.
The sculpture is now in a nearby storage area…
Good riddance. Like the currency it represents, the sculpture is hideous, should never have seen the light of day and is better in pieces.
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