Löwe Pranke rechts Hans Behrens Seine Faszination für mathematische Modelle

Seine Faszination für mathematische Modelle

Michael Tummings was invited to an artist-in-residence programme in 2011 by the Lightwork organisation in Syracuse

The furnace decides how the petals fall

the Les Ballets and the Opéra de Monte-Carlo

Careful shaping and joining of innumerable individual petals

Löwe Pranke rechts Hans Behrens Seine Faszination für mathematische ModelleAll lions are the same? Nothing of the sort. Twenty different variants of what is probably the most famous symbol of Bavaria can be found in the current collection of the manufactory alone. The majestic heraldic animal plays a role in the history of Nymphenburg in two ways: On the one hand, it is brings to mind Bavarian culture and the location of the manufacture, on the other hand, the lion also a symbol of the Wittelsbach house and its rule.