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Desdemona by Hans Wimmer, Schloss Gottorf

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Desdemona by Hans Wimmer, Schloss Gottorf

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    February 9, 2023

    In William Shakespeare's drama Othello, Desdemona is tragically strangled by her husband. The bronze sculpture by the sculptor Hans Wimmer shows the beautiful woman after her violent death in the marriage bed, stretched out in the tradition of the "resting female nude", but with an unnaturally stretched neck, which refers to the crime. The support under the armpit maintains the fragile balance in which the lifeless body remains. Unlike many of his contemporaries, the artist remained true to the figurative representation after the Second World War, often resorting to themes of antiquity and classical modernism. A few meters away in the sculpture park, the Flensburg Venus by Gustav Seitz invites you to make a direct comparison.

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    Hans Wimmer: Desdemona (1976, bronze, height 50 cm)
    Sculpture Park Schloss Gottorf, Schlossinsel, 24837 Schleswig


    Loan from the artist's estate

    Coordinates: 54.51267, 9.54148

    sh-kunst.de/hans-wimmer-desdemona

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      Location: Schleswig, Schleswig-Flensburg, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany

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