2878 - Ulrike Enders (born 1944 in Oberstdorf, Allgäu; has lived in Hanover since 1972)

Ulrike Enders (born 1944 in Oberstdorf, Allgäu; has lived in Hanover since 1972) "Visitor." Original title Dark-patinated bronze with a patina that has partially developed due to outdoor display, probably around 1991. A large-scale sculpture, designed in a Cubist style with block-like, rounded forms, depicting a faceless man in formal attire. Enders also created a smaller version of the figure in 1991, also titled “Visitor.” The sculptor explores in depth the universal theme of the man as an anonymous “gentleman,” often wearing a hat and/or a tie, hands in his pockets, suits ironed slightly too little rather than too much, in a stiff, reserved, self-assured, or slightly melancholic pose. Enders studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich in 1964–65 and at the Berlin University of the Arts from 1965 to 1970. She has lived in Hanover since 1972; in 1980, she created her first major public artwork. Since then, her outdoor sculptures have enriched the cityscape of Hanover, as well as other locations such as Celle, Dorsten, and Seelze. H. 180 cm. Large patinated bronze.