The sculptor Hermann Nachbaur uses the poetry of the fairy tale Little Red Riding Rood to reflect on the background mechanisms of society. He transcribes its moral message to a socially critical confrontation with a reality penetrated by violence which devours morals and humanity, and points to sociopolitical tendencies such as sovereignty claims, abuse of power and self-destructive madness.

Bronze and brass are high-quality materials for a beast. As especially portentous materials in this context, they allow recipients to imagine the character while at the same time ironically glorifying habit.

This creates an ambiguity which plays with our expectations and memories in a creative, surprising and shocking way. A reference to a world which is in equal parts threatening and difficult to fathom.