Roundabout dog

Rondell dog is a form of so-called top artistry that mainly wildfire -like spread in the years 2006 and 2007 in Sweden. These are replicas of dogs running on the central island of a roundabout (Swedish: rondell ) are set up. In small numbers, there are also works that show other animals.

History

In the spring of 2006, the artist Stina Opitz her artwork circulation, II on a roundabout in the city of Linköping. It consisted of a 70 cm high, made ​​of white concrete dog and a concrete tire with 9.0 m diameter that loomed at an angle of 45 degrees. A short time later, the head of the dog was destroyed by vandals. Was even discussed during about how the work would be best to replace, presented Thomas Nordmark and Rickard Leckne on a wooden dog on the same site, which was shortly afterwards replaced by a dog bone made ​​of concrete.

This type of folk humor was described in the local press, which many citizens of the city animated, establish artificial dog in other roundabouts. The newspaper correspondents Östgöta published a humorous article, in which it stated that the roundabout dogs Östergötland belong to separate breed. Soon appeared in other Swedish cities on Rondell dogs and today they are in many places to the usual street scene.

Rondell dogs in Germany

The first roundabout dog in Germany appeared in early June 2007 on a roundabout in North Rhine-Westphalia Haltern am See. In addition, under the guidance of teachers Scholz and Roben to the Cooperative School Schneverdingen a project on the topic was "Rondell dogs for Schneverdingen " performed.