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After the exhibition, the 20-ton sculpture was to be handed over to a sculpture park that was yet to be established. Since this was not created and no other use could be found, Eni destroyed the monument in front of live performance of 3000 people. As an ecological statement on the dangers and threat
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He is the inventor and patent holder of New LightPaintings Art, the philosopher of the thesis of "contemporary barock art" - the union of all aspects of art. He is writer and performer of "Blackman in
European Kitchen" and is also known as the "sculptor of elephants", and the Father of 100 Elephants.
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Eni creates sculptures in bronze and terracotta. In recent times it has focused on the use of recycled and commonly used materials. A famous work was “Elephant”. For the artist, the elephant represents the mother of all animals and the largest land mammal. Eni claims that without elephants, nature
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will no longer exist. The sculpture monument received a lot of public attention because of its shape, great size and weight of 20 tons and its color. The sculpture was made of re-enforced concrete. The elephant of the colour of earth tones, like just emerged from a mud bath.
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University Berlin WeiĂźensee. Kunsthochschule Berlin - WeiĂźensee Berlin, Germany
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139:"2nd African Legends Performance" poetic musical dance performance, America Haus, Berlin, Germany
214:"Water Burns" - exhibition/installation on "Water Uses" in the New Millennium Vienna, Austria
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Diverse lecture activities in sculpture, installation, audiovisual performance and literature
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93:"Haske Zanen" - sculptures, paintings and performance with new light, painting, art
282:"Kindonkind"- Poetry anthology. 321 pages of 600 poems published in Germany 2021
179:"CrossCulture" installation/performance - Goethe-Institut Senegal, Dakar, Senegal
217:"History of love" - sculptures and paintings. Galerie im Prater, Berlin, Germany
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119:"Ear as a long road" - poetic performance, Berlin, Poetry Festival Lyricline
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243:"Creation Story" - Albertus - Magnus - Haus, Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
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86:"Brightness of the picture" - sculptures and paintings,
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237:"Clear Walls" - Lisa Parker Fine Art New York, USA
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382:"HASKE ZANEN: ENI'S ART OF LIGHT AND REDISCOVERY"
358:"The arts, vital tool that shapes a nation – Eni"
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109:"Leaf spirit totem" - 7 m high sculpture for
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