Sculpture in Altstadt
June 16, 2012 8:52 PM Subscribe
A friend is in Hamburg, Germany and posted this picture of a public sculpture on his facebook.
It is in Altstadt, Hamburg. i asked him who the sculptor is and what the sculpture is about but he says he did not remember seeing a plaque on it.
Can somebody tell me more about this sculpture ? Thanks.
It is in Altstadt, Hamburg. i asked him who the sculptor is and what the sculpture is about but he says he did not remember seeing a plaque on it.
Can somebody tell me more about this sculpture ? Thanks.
Actually, it means The River, not The Flow.
Not sure what it's about.
Fantastic statue though.
posted by Mezentian at 9:10 PM on June 16, 2012
Not sure what it's about.
Fantastic statue though.
posted by Mezentian at 9:10 PM on June 16, 2012
Best answer: Here's a video. There is, or was, a version of the same sculpture in the garden of the Museum of Modern Art in New York, but it's some years since I saw it there.
posted by zadcat at 9:25 PM on June 16, 2012
posted by zadcat at 9:25 PM on June 16, 2012
Best answer: Here is part of MoMA's explanation:
Commissioned to create a monument to a notable pacifist, the French writer Henri Barbusse, Maillol conceived the sculpture as a work on the theme of war: a woman stabbed in the back, and falling. When the commission fell through, he transformed the idea into The River. In a departure from the usual conventions of monumental sculpture, the figure lies low to the ground and rests apparently precariously on the pedestal, even hanging below its edge. Twisting and turning, her raised arms suggesting the pressure of some powerful current, this woman is the personification of moving water.posted by flug at 5:57 AM on June 17, 2012 [1 favorite]
Response by poster: Thanks zadcat.
thanks flug.
they were real interesting links indeed.
posted by kryptos at 9:35 AM on June 17, 2012
thanks flug.
they were real interesting links indeed.
posted by kryptos at 9:35 AM on June 17, 2012
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Here on the world history of art.
Der Fluss is The flow from google translate. what does that signify?
posted by kryptos at 9:07 PM on June 16, 2012