'The Bather,' Giant Woman Sculpture, Presented In Hamburg's Binnenalster Lake (PHOTOS)

German boaters got a surprise this week with the debut of "Die Badende" or "The Bather," a giant, styrofoam-and-steel sculpture showing a woman's head and knees if she were soaking in a bathtub.

Created by artist Oliver Voss, the 13-foot-high, 98-foot-long sculpture will be on display in Hamburg's Binnenalster Lake for the next 10 days.

Take a look at "Die Badende" below:

Comments

[lyles J]

03:24 PM on 08/14/2011

Is there a book or poem called "The Lady of The Lake"?

[Stacey Jones]

02:43 AM on 08/09/2011

Wow, I'd love to vist that up close and personal especially in the water. It's too bad though.

[Kendo]

11:40 AM on 08/07/2011

And I'll bet that lake was suddenly filled with about a thousand snorkelers.

[ducebiggs]

07:57 PM on 08/06/2011

That is creepy.....!!

[Jlbeaverton]

05:42 PM on 08/06/2011

That's pretty cool.

[structurequity]

04:41 PM on 08/06/2011

has my interest form the get go, like it for its basic humanity writ large

[Mannerjaa]

04:38 PM on 08/06/2011

Ich hab' das Fräulein Helen baden seh'n http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ds7wA1euhFM

[Vodou]

04:36 PM on 08/06/2011

Umm...ok

[pixiepotpie]

04:30 PM on 08/06/2011

I dig it, but I think she should be reading a book. :)

[Ryan Rybandt]

11:39 AM on 08/06/2011

This is kind of creepy. Hilarious as well. What exactly was the point?

[Russty Thaggard]

06:54 PM on 08/06/2011

It's art!!! Is there ever really a point? Just an excuse to be...

[Ryan Rybandt]

08:55 PM on 08/06/2011

This is true. I was just wondering if they did it for something or not!

[justjojo]

11:17 AM on 08/06/2011

I think it's brilliant!!!! That is just exactly what the Hamburgers would do and it is awesome. Germans love their modern art and this is a perfect example of it. The Alster is the center around which this whole town revolves. It has to bring a smile to the face of every person who drives, rides, walks, rows past it. If only it had been there when I road around that lake on my bike every day back in my student days.

[Vuittondon13]

10:53 AM on 08/06/2011

Looks creepy!

[wilray]

04:09 AM on 08/06/2011

Like Brigitte Nielsen, she is a giant blonde.

[lyles J]

04:44 PM on 08/07/2011

Brigitte is not really that big.

[Vlady]

10:17 PM on 08/05/2011

I wonder if she could have changed a position time to time and flip over?

[wilray]

10:03 PM on 08/05/2011

Flavor Flav should love this.

[lyles J]

11:44 PM on 08/05/2011

Why should Flavor Flav love this?