Who is the German artist that made a rendition of the Obama speech in Berlin?
After some 400 hours spent carving a panel of wood with blades as thin as razors, German woodcutter Juergen Christ has declared his self-described “magnum opus” complete: A faithful rendition of Barack Obama’s July 2008 speech in the German capital . In fine detail – facial expressions, American flags waving, spectators holding digital cameras, even a football scarf bearing the name “Angola” – Christ’s 33-inch by 43-inch (84-cm by 109-cm) work shows Obama – then a U.S. presidential candidate – with his arm outstretched, facing a sea of some 200,000 people gathered to hear him speak in front of the Victory Column in Berlin’s Tiergarten park Sources: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/07/23/german-artist-spends-400-_n_243423.
