Urban People

Type

Sculpture, Aluminum, 220x0cm , 2009

Artist

Kurt Laurenz Metzler (b.1941), Switzerland

Location

ION Orchard Level 1, ION2 (Wisma side), Singapore

Specially commissioned for ION Orchard, this set of six caricatured urbanite each in a bright colour – red, green, purple, lime, rose and purple - adds much vibrancy to the steps in front of one of the entrances to the mall.  The sculptures invite the passersby or shoppers to interact with them; be it holding their hands or putting an arm around them to take a picture.  Notice the woman in purple carrying a silver shopping bag with an ION Orchard logo, and the man in red reading a newspaper which carries a feature on the mall.