Messenger 2. by Erno Toth Sculpture - Limited Edition of 5

Many of my works draw inspiration from my childhood, which I lived in the countryside. Among them is this sculpture. Every year, as children, we eagerly awaited the arrival of the traveling circus in our village. It was the event of the year for us. Being in a majestic circus tent, seeing exotic animals - lions, tigers, elephants, giraffes that we had only seen in pictures until then, or holding our breath at the acrobatic stunts of circus performers on the trapeze, break-neck rides on bicycles, horses - these were experiences that we they talked to each other for months. As a humorous person, I also adored clowns. I was close to their comedy, irony, self-parody, endless fooling around. I especially liked their comedic performances on bicycles, which somehow inspired me to create several humorous sculptures of sculptures associated with a bicycle (or rather a pseudo bicycle). I'm also a bit of a clown. I go crazy to the point of satiety when creating my sculptures and paintings, and I am glad that my work enriches people not only artistically, but also encourages them to experience life in a more humorous, light-hearted and relaxed way. Important information: Even if I state that there are 3-5 copies of a specific sculpture, each of them is actually an original. The technique of my work is atypical and I have to model every single piece of the same sculpture again and create a mold into which the bronze is then poured. Despite over 40 years of experience, even I cannot model any of the other variations of the same motif completely identically. There are minor differences between them, even though in principle it is the same work.