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Artworks
Olga Ulmann
Clinamen and Skulptiere (Clinamen and Sculptural Animals), 2020Sewn white plastic sheet, wood, flag holder, golden spray paint, latex, construction foam220 x 180 x 230 cm | 86.6 x 70.9 x 90.5 in.
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“This piece refers to the art historian Didi-Huberman’s expression Clinamen that he uses to describe the declination of the female figure of Venus in Boticelli, di Cosimo and Titian’s paintings....“This piece refers to the art historian Didi-Huberman’s expression Clinamen that he uses to describe the declination of the female figure of Venus in Boticelli, di Cosimo and Titian’s paintings. The slow movement to the ground, “as if the folds of the garment slid to the floor all by themselves, in slow motion, and the young women undressed just before she reaches the floor, where the fabric catches her. In this process the drapery gains autonomy and takes on a new iconographic, now serving as a reservoir for the imaginary substance of desire."
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