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Andreas Löschner-Gornau, Professor Emeritus of Fine Arts

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The sculpture is abstract and depicts a group of intertwined figures. They are made of a bronze-like material with a turquoise patina punctuated by patches of gold. The surface is rough and uneven, with small indentations and irregularities that suggest age and weathering. The figures in the sculpture are slender and spindly, with streamlined bodies and rounded heads. They appear to be in dynamic motion, their limbs intertwining and twisting each other. The exact number of figures is difficult to determine due to their close proximity, but there appear to be three. The overall effect is one of an organic, almost dancing interplay of forms. The sculptures are reminiscent of the ancient Laocoön Group, which depicts a dramatic scene from Greek mythology in which Laocoön and his sons are attacked by snakes. Although this abstract representation does not directly depict the mythological scene, the intertwining of the figures and the dramatic pose could be an allusion to this tragic myth, as the title suggests.