Finally, artist gets to see her sculpture's Minnesota perch
![Katharina Fritsch was pleased to see the sculpture sporting a snow beard](https://img.apmcdn.org/51d91a3106189bccba3e643022941149b231c0e6/uncropped/b06af3-20171027-hahn01.jpg)
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German artist Katharina Fritsch finally got to see her gigantic blue rooster in place at the Walker Art Center Friday.
It's been in position for a number of months now, and is on its way to becoming an icon of the Minneapolis Sculpture Garden.
The reunion between Fritsch and the piece officially known as "Hahn/Cock" lasted only a matter of minutes. The snow was blowing horizontally across the Sculpture Garden when Fritsch and other Walker staff, including Executive Director Olga Viso, trooped down to the massive blue bird.
A few minutes later, in Viso's office with a warming cup of tea in front of her, Fritsch said she liked what she could see, and in particular how the snow caked on parts of the sculpture.
!['Hahn/Cock' was a little indistinct during the first snowfall.](https://img.apmcdn.org/8db4a6cbb487b9fb67cc537446f832b5430ca57e/uncropped/7bf7f4-20171027-hahn03.jpg)
"It has to deal with the weather," she said. "And I like his breast, that he got a little white beard. I like the way the weather plays with the sculptures."
Not only does an artist need to take the weather into account when designing a piece for outdoor display; there is also a different audience from inside a museum or gallery. And there is the question of how a sculpture will age, and whether it will remain relevant as the years pass.
"But I have the feeling it will be good here," she said.
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