Peter Lenk (born 6 June 1947, in

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) is a German sculptor based in Bodman-Ludwigshafen on Lake Constance, known for the controversial sexual content of his public art.

Art

Lenk's artworks include: *''

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'', a ten-meter-tall rotating statue in the harbor of

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, (Germany), depicting a fictional courtesan from a short story by Balzac. Although it was highly controversial when installed in 1993, today it is "the most photographed attraction in the city".. A detail from the sculpture, a nude figure of Pope Martin V, was displayed in the Konstanz train station in 2010, but was removed after complaints from the

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and CDU politicians. *'' Ludwigs Erbe'', a relief sculpture in the town square of Bodman-Ludwigshafen that shows various German politicians engaged in sexual play. *A sculpture on the exterior of the office building in

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that houses '' die Tageszeitung'', depicting the editor of a competing newspaper sporting an enormous penis. *A sculpture of

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wearing only a skirt made of bananas, like one worn by

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, for a benefit auction. *A statue of German writer

Martin Walser Martin Walser (; born 24 March 1927) is a German writer. Life Walser was born in Wasserburg am Bodensee, on Lake Constance. His parents were coal merchants, and they also kept an inn next to the train station in Wasserburg. He described the ...

wearing ice skates while he rides a horse that stands on the tails of two giant reclining mermaids in a fountain, at the boat landing in

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. *''Hölderlin im Kreisverkehr'', a monument to German poet

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installed in 2003 in a traffic roundabout in

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Books

Lenk is the author or co-author of: *''Skulpturen: Bilder, Briefe, Kommentare'' (Konstanz: Stadler Verlagsges. Mbh, 2005, ). *''Magische Säule Meersburg: Skulpturen'' (with Helmut Weidhase, Konstanz: Stadler Verlagsges. Mbh, 2007, ).

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Lenk, Peter Living people German sculptors German male sculptors Artists from Bavaria 1947 births People from Konstanz (district)