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The imagery of the serpent,
the focus of an exhibition of the Sammlung Hoffmann collection, offers an
opportunity for the reflections of Jennifer Allen on symbolism in contemporary
art, or—more precisely―its almost total absence. If the present Warburg revival
seems to be more a question of form than of method—along the lines of a new
cult of proliferation of images—can some kind of rebirth exist for mythology
today? What are the unexplored and even political potentialities of symbolism
and allegory?.....
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Charlotte Posenenske, CP 2013/001
(Series D Vierkantrohre), 1967–2009
Courtesy: Sammlung Hoffmann, Berlin |
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Marianne Wex, “Weibliche” und “männliche” körpersprache als Folg
e patriarchalischer Machtverhältnisse, 1972-77
Courtesy: the artist. Photo: Felix Gruenschloss
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Erika Hoffmann-Koenige,
Image panel from the series
“Paradise and the
Fall”, 2013.
Courtesy: Sammlung Hoffmann,
Berlin
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