Whenever in my many visits to the United States I presented myself as Dieter Erhard to new aquaintences, they would answer or say “Ohh, Amelia Earhart.”
It took me a while to artisticly digest this phoenetic relation with Amelia.

I welded a Lockheed-like airplane with stainless steel tubing and rods about 1/3 original size and placed Amelia in it. With the same technique as my pieces the “Whale for Children” and my mermaid “Marilyn”, I added flourescent plexiglass pieces.

The world-famous guitar and violin making town of Bubenreuth and their 200 elementary school children/parents/teacher helped to add the about 17,000 plexiglass pieces and the same amount of spacers. We completed it within one week.

Now the “Legend” shall go on tour to be exhibited in different places … may be also overseas.

It is abou1 19 ft wide and 17 ft long. The wings are detachable for better transporting. Its weight is approximately 500 pounds.

Now on permanent display at the Levitan Museum between Moscow and Wladimir, Russia is this 7 1/2 feet tall, 3-ton sculpture by Dieter Erhard of Art Center Seadrift.

Dieter explained, “My little climbers called “Kopffüssler” (meaning people with no stomach) have no body, but a big head. Up on the rock is a surprise eg … because really nobody seems to know where they are going. This work reflects this 2016 very unusual year when it seems everybody is running either from politics or for politics,”

Dieter is planning to be in Seadrift October 1 through 16. Stop by and see him and the artworks at Art Center Seadrift.

Dieter Erhard, German artist and proprietor of Art Center Seadrift recently unveiled a new art piece, “First Impression”, in Riverside, the sister city of his hometown, Enlargen.

 
The piece is a cube representing Erlangen hugging the raincross in the form of a bell. It is made of stainless steel and consists of about 2,100 fluorescent plexiglass pieces.

Dieter at his monastery project in Forcheim, Bavaria, Germany

Stop by and say ‘hello’ to Dieter Erhard, artist and proprietor of Art Center Seadrift, Seadrift Art Boat.

Dieter will be in Seadrift April 2 – 9.