On the sculpture trail: Bernhard Luginbühl's Kleiner Zyklop next to Hamburg's prestigious museum of art

The steel sculpture Kleiner Zyklop (Small Cyclops) is located at the intersection of An der Kunsthalle and Ernst-Merck-Straße, next to the Kunsthalle Hamburg (literally: Hamburg's hall of art) [1,2]. This public space is a very short walk away from the Heidi Kabel bronze statue: just follow the road named Heidi-Kabel-Platz and turn left on Ernst-Merck-Straße. Cross all the railroad tracks by taking the right side of the bridge. Then, you can't miss the rusty-red industrial-looking sculpture next to the rotunda of the museum.

The Small Cyclops of 1967 is an art work of the Swiss sculptor Bernhard Luginbühl (1929-2011). He has been nicknamed the “Ironman” (der Eisenmann), since he started metal sculpturing in the 1950s [3]. His sculptures can be found in European cities as well as small towns; including Hamburg, Oldenburg, Zürich, Bern and Muttenz [4,5].

References and more to explore
[1] Panoramio: Kleiner Zyklop [www.panoramio.com/photo/61248010].
[2] Daily Photo Stream: Kleiner Zyklop [dailyphotostream.blogspot.com/2008/08/kleiner-zyklop.html].
[3] TagesAnzeiger: Bernhard Luginbühl: Der Eisenmann wird 80 [www.tagesanzeiger.ch/kultur/kunst/Bernhard-Luginbuehl-Der-Eisenmann-wird-80/story/19910059]
[4] Berner Zeitung: Luginbühl hat als Eisenplastiker ein unverwechselbares Werk geschaffen. [www.bernerzeitung.ch/region/emmental/Luginbuehl-hat-als-Eisenplastiker-ein-unverwechselbares-Werk-geschaffen/story/19979335?gId=902].
[5] Historisches Lexikon der Schweiz: Luginbühl, Berhard [www.hls-dhs-dss.ch/textes/d/D22082.php].