The helicopter crash that claimed the lives of Kobe Bryant and his daughter Gigi took place on January 26, 2020. Two years already… This tragic event seems very distant, but remains well etched in our memories.
To honor the two-year anniversary of the disappearance of the Lakers basketball player and his daughter on Wednesday, a sculptor in Los Angeles has placed a statue of them on the very spot where the helicopter crash took place.
Dan Medina, explained to TMZ Sports that he created this 72.5 kilo bronze and pulled it up into the hills at a place called “Calabasas” by means of a cart.
An ephemeral work as a memorial
The sculpture is not meant to stay put. This ephemeral work was brought back to town at sunset by the artist himself. Still, he said he hoped the city of Los Angeles would give him permission to install a much larger version, permanently, on the site.
This early version of the artwork, which therefore doesn’t impress with its grandeur, is a depiction of Kobe in Lakers gear with his arm resting around Gigi. Her daughter is also in basketball gear and holding a ball.
“Heroes come and go, but legends are forever.” This is the sentence that was written on the base of the statue, below the names of the nine victims who lost their lives on the hill in Calabasas, on January 26, 2020.
(The essential / Claude-Alain Zufferey)
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