Schumann gets a wacky memorial in Düsseldorf
NewsThe mayor of Düsseldorf yesterday unveiled a tribute to Robert and Clara Schumann, ‘Danse À Deux’, at the Ratinger Tor.
The sculpture is the work of Markus Lüpertz.
Schumann had such strong feelings about the city that he jumped into the raging Rhine in a suicide attempt in February 1854.
The couple’s former home is now a city museum .
Fitting the epoch.
Not Schumann’s epoch.
Contemporary German “art” is a long, long way from Schumann’s piano “Arabesque.”
…as is Markus Lüpertz’s own piano playing:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=zl7gDXVzmXs
We have no Franz Liszt today to ensure we get something better.
In a way, they remind me of some of the characters in Achim Freyer’s Los Angeles Ring. That’s not a compliment.
That’s even crazier than Schumann !
Parallel to Regietheater, Regieskulptur?