Pferd (Troja)

A quiet stratagem: Pferd (Troja) by Raimund Schmelter

Four slender legs, a compact body, a head with a crisply cut mane – with its flat, archaic visual language, Raimund Schmelter’s “Pferd (Troja)” looks almost like a toy horse of the kind handed down from ancient cultures or early nurseries. It is precisely this pared-down, almost childlike clarity that gives the work its particular appeal: instead of anatomical accuracy, Schmelter relies on simple, clearly legible forms that lend the horse a calm, dignified presence despite its plainness.

The title refers to the most famous horse in world literature – the Trojan Horse, with which the Greeks once secretly gained access to the city of Troy. In Schmelter’s version, too, something is concealed inside the horse: not warriors emerging under cover of darkness, but silver – the real material value hidden behind the plain outer form. A motif of cunning thus becomes a motif of quiet preservation of value: hidden, yet not treacherous, simply there where one would not immediately expect it.

With around 7.0 kg of pure fine silver, “Pferd (Troja)” is one of the weightier works in Schmelter’s programme at BullionArt, combining an archaic visual language with one of the best-known myths of antiquity.

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