In central Aarhus stands a sculpture of the bodybuilding film star Arnold Schwarzenegger hugging a replica of himself. The 7-ft-1-inch (2.15 meters) work was created by Danish artist Søren Thilo Funder in arduous plastic and resin. It was commissioned for a 2021 native artwork exhibition exploring excessive sports activities and is the one piece from the present saved on everlasting show.
The art work is titled “Dutch'n'Dutch (What the hell are YOU? What the hell ARE you?).” The identify comes from the 1987 movie Predator, wherein Schwarzenegger's character, Dutch, says the road to an extraterrestrial hunter known as the Predator. The alien then repeats the phrases again to him, creating an odd echo.
By displaying Schwarzenegger along with his double, the piece turns the movie's repeated dialogue right into a bodily doubling. It additionally factors to the merging of the actual individual Schwarzenegger with the gathering of cinematic characters he has performed through the years.
