A Nude Angela Merkel Will Meet You Up in France's Lyon, Don’t Be Too Late

© AFP 2023 / DPACombo of pictures shows Angela Merkel, now German Chancellor, pictured in (top row, L-R): 1991, 1994, 1997, 1999, 2000 and (bottom row, L-R): 2001, 2003, 2009, 2010, 2013. Merkel, often voted Germany's most popular politician for her no-nonsense leadership style, faces elections on September 22, 2013
Combo of pictures shows Angela Merkel, now German Chancellor, pictured in (top row, L-R): 1991, 1994, 1997, 1999, 2000 and (bottom row, L-R): 2001, 2003, 2009, 2010, 2013. Merkel, often voted Germany's most popular politician for her no-nonsense leadership style, faces elections on September 22, 2013 - Sputnik International
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The world’s most powerful female politician must have been perpetuated in a plethora of art forms all through her lengthy political career, but a nude statue in marble is perhaps somewhat exotic even for the eternal German chancellor.

The Paris-based Algerian sculptor Adel Abdessemed has cast Merkel in marble – a young, nude girl from East Germany, who at the time was a member of the Free German Youth movement.

She is part, on the left, of the three-person composition based on a retro photo, which dates back to Merkel’s early years. When the original picture was taken — of Merkel and her two female friends walking on a beach, all three widely smiling and careless — naturism was gaining popularity in East Germany. 

© Adagp, Paris, 2018Adel Abdessemed, Is Beautiful (2017-18)
Adel Abdessemed, Is Beautiful (2017-18) - Sputnik International
Adel Abdessemed, Is Beautiful (2017-18)

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In 2015, the picture was republished in Vanity Fair, during the electoral campaign when Merkel was running for a third term.

The "female camaraderie" marble work, which goes by the name “Beautiful” (2017-2018) will be displayed in the artist’s exhibition L'Antidote' in Lyon, southern France, from March 9 to July 8.

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