the sly humour of the most mundane of basic amenities is clearly incorporated into the following installations...
on my last morning in Copenhagen I walked around the Christianshavn neighbourhood and was charmed by this trash receptacle topped by a dachshund sculpture... the plaque between dog and bin indicates
"Gravhundetype udfort af Geert Daae Funder
Statens Vaerksteder for Kunst og Handvaerk"
(google translation = Dachshund Type by Geert Daae Funder
State Workshops for Art and Craft)
public urination into a trough against a wall is better than public urination against a wall and onto the ground to free-flow any which way... a minimalist industrial solution for those in dire need in the party-hearty Meatpacking district!
angular origami-like sculpture protruding from a wall functions as precarious perches in the courtyard of the School of Architecture at the Royal Danish Academy... certainly not for lounging on in between classes!
one of the elegantly prominent sentry boxes at the Amalienborg Palace where the Royal Life Guards can hang their capes and gratefully take shelter in the rain... they always remind me of giant red crayons!
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