--- title: Rihanna Visited the Rihanna Statue in Germany description: Rihanna just took the ultimate selfie canonical: https://time.com/4457380/rihanna-statue-germany/ author: Melissa Locker article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-08-18T15:40:17.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:35:38.893Z og:title: Rihanna Visited the Headless Rihanna Statue in Berlin og:description: Upping the celebrity selfie game og:url: https://time.com/4457380/rihanna-statue-germany/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Rihanna Visited the Headless Rihanna Statue in Berlin twitter:description: Upping the celebrity selfie game twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Rihanna Visited the Rihanna Statue in Berlin for the Ultimate Selfie by [Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Aug 18, 2016 3:40 PM UTC by [Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Aug 18, 2016 3:40 PM UTC [Rihanna](http://time.com/4352323/barack-obama-sing-rihanna-work/?iid=sr-link4) visited a headless statue of herself for the ultimate selfie Wednesday. The surreal moment came about when [Rihanna](http://time.com/4347726/rihanna-dior-sunglasses-star-trek/?iid=sr-link1) decided to explore the [ninth Berlin Biennale for Contemporary Art](http://bb9.berlinbiennale.de/), the international art exhibit, after playing a show in Berlin. The statue is hard to miss. Titled _Ewaipanoma (Rihanna),_ it is a giant version of the singer kneeling down while clad in a bikini and sunglasses, absent a head, but with her face emblazoned on her chest. It’s almost a story high and is stationed outside the Kunst-Werke Institute for Contemporary Art in the city’s hip Mitte district. The enormous likeness was created by Colombian artist Juan Sebastián Peláez, who was inspired by a paparazzi photo of the singer playing on the beach. [Rihanna](http://time.com/4377942/rihanna-cried-on-stage-internet/?iid=sr-link3) is clearly taking the statue as a badge of honor. Not only did she post her trip to find herself (so to speak) on Snapchat, but she also documented the visit on [Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/p/BJPN5IIjn2s/?hl=en), crouching in front of the statue and replicating the pose, forever upping the celebrity selfie game. \[H/T [Mashable](http://mashable.com/2016/08/17/rihanna-visits-german-headless-rihanna-statue/#Z5lxI0gCmqqF)\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4457380/rihanna-statue-germany/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4457380/rihanna-statue-germany/"},"headline":"Rihanna Visited the Rihanna Statue in Berlin for the Ultimate Selfie","datePublished":"2016-08-18T15:40:17.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:35:38.893Z","description":"Upping the celebrity selfie game","url":"https://time.com/4457380/rihanna-statue-germany/","keywords":["Newsfeed","celebrities","Music","Travel","Germany","Tourism","Berlin","Rihanna"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Melissa Locker","jobTitle":"","url":"https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4457380/rihanna-statue-germany/","name":"Rihanna Visited the Rihanna Statue in Berlin for the Ultimate Selfie"}}]}] ```