Shining I and II - Caslano, TI, Switzerland
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member fi67
N 45° 58.454 E 008° 53.346
32T E 491408 N 5091190
A sculpture of two large dung beetles by Sonja Knapp south of the golf course of Caslano.
Waymark Code: WM138F3
Location: Ticino, Switzerland
Date Posted: 10/11/2020
Published By:Groundspeak Regular Member ddirgo
Views: 2

EN: These two beetle sculptures stand in the grass next to a road between Caslano and Magliaso.

The two shining beetles are both about one meter high and two and a half meters long.

The plaque next to the road states the title as "Sysiphos". I din not know that name (for insects), but there is indeed a genus of dung beetles of the subfamily of the scarabaeinae that is called sisyphus. But they have long hind legs, which the sculptures don't have, and the plaque states they are made from bronze and wood, while the real sculptures clearly are polished stainless steel. The website of the artist has pictures of the sculptures referred as "Shining I and II".

IT (Translated by DeepL): Queste due sculture di coleotteri si trovano nell'erba accanto a una strada tra Caslano e Magliaso.

I due splendidi coleotteri sono entrambi alti circa un metro e lunghi due metri e mezzo.

La targa accanto alla strada riporta il titolo di "Sisifo". Non conosco questo nome (per gli insetti), ma esiste un genere di scarabeo stercorario della sottofamiglia delle scarabaeine che si chiama sisifo. Ma hanno lunghe zampe posteriori, che le sculture non hanno, e la targa dice che sono fatte di bronzo e legno, mentre le vere sculture sono chiaramente in acciaio inossidabile lucidato. Sul sito web dell'artista ci sono le immagini delle sculture denominate "Shining I e II".
Type of insect: dung beetles

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