Obelisk of Tutankhamun by Rita McBride, 2017
Breslauer Platz
Cologne, September 2024
“By calling her sculpture ‘Obelisk of Tutankhamun,’ she puts the work in a class with the obelisks of ancient Egypt. At the same time, no ruler of ancient Egypt is more famous than King Tut, who has made it into pop culture. The obelisk as such has become the epitome of sculpture in public space: from St. Petersburg to Stockholm, from Buenos Aires to Bangkok, there are countless obelisks all over the world, multiplying like mushrooms across all continents. What city can call itself a world city without having an obelisk? Now Cologne is also part of the club. Rita McBride has created a monolith similar to the one used by the ancient Egyptians. However, she replaced the heavy reddish Aswan granite of the originals with a light, high-tech material that is used for airplanes and cars: carbon fiber.” (Obelisk of Tutankhamun, Stiftung der Sparda-Bank West)
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