Angel + Miner

The angel and miner figurines are at the heart of the culture of the Ore Mountains. Traditionally, families carved (or later purchased) an angel upon the birth of a daughter and a miner upon the birth of a son. The Berlin-based sculptor Christina Doll has created ANGEL + MINER, a sculpture of the pair of figures in a contemporary form. Her model for the angel was an actress with Down’s syndrome; she used the insignia of a worker from the Wismut mining company for the figurine of the miner. The first artworks of the edition have been installed, with more to follow.