Rotterdam Whale Tail Sculpture : Metro train suspended in mid-air on whale tail sculpture ... - Joey bremer a metro train serving the town of spijkenisse, near rotterdam, has crashed through the barrier at the end of the track and only the sculpture of a… the sculpture saved by a whale's tail, is made of polyester and is the work of maarten struijs.
Rotterdam Whale Tail Sculpture : Metro train suspended in mid-air on whale tail sculpture ... - Joey bremer a metro train serving the town of spijkenisse, near rotterdam, has crashed through the barrier at the end of the track and only the sculpture of a… the sculpture saved by a whale's tail, is made of polyester and is the work of maarten struijs. . The driver was the only person on the metro and was uninjured in the accident. A runaway train in rotterdam was caught by an art sculpture, coincidentally named saved by the whale's tail. in an odd twist of happenstance, the art piece caught the train car, and it landed perfectly perched on the end of the tail, saving it from what could have been a disastrous tumble. Whale tails designed for rotterdam's winds. Mr struijs told nos that he was surprised the structure did not break. The sculpture was created by artists hans muller, peter globevnik, and eric van uden, was put in place in 2002. The driver of th...