File:Birmingham Business School - University of Birmingham - Edgbaston Park Road, Edgbaston - Woman for Heidelberg (38739894335).jpg
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The Birmingham Business School at the University of Birmingham. Part of the Orange Zone. Located on Edgbaston Park Road in Edgbaston. The older building is University House.
It was sculpted by Michael Sandle in 1987.
Sandle’s Woman for Heidelberg has at first sight the classical appearance of an ancient Greek statue of Athena, the goddess of wisdom. But a closer look reveals that the artist has given the figure a late-twentieth century transformation, in which the classical helmet has evolved into the helmet worn by Darth Vader in Star Wars. The snake, echoing the symbol of Asclepius, the physician in ancient Greek mythology, assumes the form of a microphone held by an interviewer. Whether this is benign or threatening is for each of us to judge. Michael Sandle is one of the most important British sculptors of his generation. He has never tried to avoid controversy in the directness of his work. The facetted outlines, and the use of sculptural discs are characteristic. ‘I want a vehement sculpture,’ Sandle has written. ‘I want a sculpture that will disturb people. I don’t want to avoid that confrontation.’ The work takes its name from the hospital in Heidelberg for which it was originally commissioned. |
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| Source | Birmingham Business School - University of Birmingham - Edgbaston Park Road, Edgbaston - Woman for Heidelberg |
| Author | Elliott Brown from Birmingham, United Kingdom |
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This image was originally posted to Flickr by ell brown at https://flickr.com/photos/39415781@N06/38739894335 (archive). It was reviewed on 11 January 2018 by FlickreviewR 2 and was confirmed to be licensed under the terms of the cc-by-sa-2.0. |
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| current | 19:55, 11 January 2018 |  | 3,456 × 4,608 (6.33 MB) | Ellrbrown | Transferred from Flickr via Flickr2Commons |