Bulle und Bär

Bulle und Bär is a pair of life-sized bronze sculptures beside the Frankfurt Stock Exchange. German artist Reinhard Dachlauer created the two sculptures. They stand opposite each other on Börsenplatz. Their forms turn financial language into visible bodies: the crouching bear marks falling prices, while the upright bull marks rises. The bull stands between the bear and the exchange. That placement gives the composition a protective reading around Frankfurt’s market.

Frankfurt’s Cultural Office holds ownership of the sculptures. Their location connects public art with the city’s financial centre. Visitors use the pair as a photo backdrop, and companies also pose there before ringing the exchange bell. Past artistic actions have changed their appearance. Green paint, knitted accessories, and nearby animal figures have all entered their public story. These interventions linked the sculptures to exchange projects, investment campaigns, agricultural concerns, and protest. The sculptures have also provided a setting for companies entering the stock market. Bulle und Bär gives Frankfurt a compact image of markets moving between confidence and decline.