Urge for life

Krop presented this sculpture at the international contest for the Monument to the Unknown Political Prisoner, which was issued by the Institute of Contemporary Arts in London in 1951. The designs were exhibited in London in December 1952 in Antwerp and March-April 1953. Hildo Krop sent the image 'Urge for life' from 1949-1951 for this contest. His submission was not awarded. In this statue, Krop's two most famous themesmeet: 'Mother Earth' and the 'Faun'.The faun is folded around the throne of Mother Earth: on the left side we see two goat legs, on the backside the back of the fauna (including a curling tail) and on the right is a twisted fox head with a hand and a bird. Two birds are also visible on the left side of the woman's head. The faun's head is not clearly visible – in fact, as often observed in Krop's work, the head is crushed.希尔多·克罗普（Hildo Krop）携此雕塑参与了1951年由伦敦当代艺术学院（Institute of Contemporary Arts）发起的“未知政治囚犯纪念碑”国际竞赛。该竞赛的参赛设计作品于1952年12月在伦敦、安特卫普展出，并于1953年3月至4月展出。希尔多·克罗普为此次竞赛提交了创作于1949年至1951年间的作品《生命之渴求》（Urge for Life），但其参赛作品并未获奖。这件雕塑融合了克罗普最具代表性的两大创作母题：“大地母亲”与“农牧神（Faun）”。农牧神环绕着大地母亲的宝座：左侧可见一双山羊腿，背部呈现出农牧神的躯体（包括一条卷曲的尾巴），右侧则是一只扭曲的狐头，搭配一只手与一只飞鸟。女性头部的左侧亦可见两只飞鸟。农牧神的头部并不清晰可见——事实上，正如克罗普诸多作品中常见的那样，其头部被挤压变形。