Bronze replica replaces burnt Melania statue

Sevnica, 16 September - The Berlin-based American artist Brad Downey and his Slovenian associate Rok Pahor have erected a bronze replica of a wooden sculpture of the American First Lady Melania Trump near her hometown of Sevnica. The original wooden statue, which stood on the same spot, was burnt down in July this year.

Rožno pri Brestanici A bronze statue of US First Lady Melania Trump is unveiled at the site of a wooden statue that was torched by vandals. The bronze is a cast of the wooden original. Photo: Rasto Božič/STA

Rožno pri Brestanici
A bronze statue of US First Lady Melania Trump is unveiled at the site of a wooden statue that was torched by vandals. The bronze is a cast of the wooden original.
Photo: Rasto Božič/STA

Rožno pri Brestanici A bronze statue of US First Lady Melania Trump is unveiled at the site of a wooden statue that was torched by vandals. The bronze is a cast of the wooden original. Photo: Rasto Božič/STA

Rožno pri Brestanici
A bronze statue of US First Lady Melania Trump is unveiled at the site of a wooden statue that was torched by vandals. The bronze is a cast of the wooden original.
Photo: Rasto Božič/STA

Rožno pri Brestanici A bronze statue of US First Lady Melania Trump is unveiled at the site of a wooden statue that was torched by vandals. The bronze is a cast of the wooden original. Photo: Rasto Božič/STA

Rožno pri Brestanici
A bronze statue of US First Lady Melania Trump is unveiled at the site of a wooden statue that was torched by vandals. The bronze is a cast of the wooden original.
Photo: Rasto Božič/STA

Rožno pri Brestanici A bronze statue of US First Lady Melania Trump is unveiled at the site of a wooden statue that was torched by vandals. The bronze is a cast of the wooden original. Photo: Rasto Božič/STA

Rožno pri Brestanici
A bronze statue of US First Lady Melania Trump is unveiled at the site of a wooden statue that was torched by vandals. The bronze is a cast of the wooden original.
Photo: Rasto Božič/STA

Rožno pri Brestanici A bronze statue of US First Lady Melania Trump is unveiled at the site of a wooden statue that was torched by vandals. The bronze is a cast of the wooden original. Photo: Rasto Božič/STA

Rožno pri Brestanici
A bronze statue of US First Lady Melania Trump is unveiled at the site of a wooden statue that was torched by vandals. The bronze is a cast of the wooden original.
Photo: Rasto Božič/STA

Rožno pri Brestanici A bronze statue of US First Lady Melania Trump is unveiled at the site of a wooden statue that was torched by vandals. The bronze is a cast of the wooden original. Photo: Rasto Božič/STA

Rožno pri Brestanici
A bronze statue of US First Lady Melania Trump is unveiled at the site of a wooden statue that was torched by vandals. The bronze is a cast of the wooden original.
Photo: Rasto Božič/STA

Rožno pri Brestanici A bronze statue of US First Lady Melania Trump is unveiled at the site of a wooden statue that was torched by vandals. The bronze is a cast of the wooden original. Photo: Rasto Božič/STA

Rožno pri Brestanici
A bronze statue of US First Lady Melania Trump is unveiled at the site of a wooden statue that was torched by vandals. The bronze is a cast of the wooden original.
Photo: Rasto Božič/STA

Rožno pri Brestanici The original wooden sculpture portraying US First Lady Melania Trump, which was originally erected in 2019 and soon burnt down. Photo: Rasto Božič/STA File photo

Rožno pri Brestanici
The original wooden sculpture portraying US First Lady Melania Trump, which was originally erected in 2019 and soon burnt down.
Photo: Rasto Božič/STA
File photo

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