# Mann in Drehtür

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Mann in Drehtür is a bronze sculpture by Waldemar Otto, created in 1986, and located at Frankfurt’s Bockenheimer Warte. It stands before Johann Wolfgang Goethe University in Frankfurt.

The work presents two larger-than-life male figures on opposite sides of a brass plate at its centre. The brass plate separates the two figures completely. Their close positions make the barrier visible, while their bodies prevent interaction or acknowledgement between them. Isolation and communication shape the work’s central idea.

The sculpture occupies a public setting where vegetable stalls, shoppers, and students can surround it on market days. Passersby often notice the imposing bronze figures nearby. Its university setting places this art object within Frankfurt’s Bockenheimer Warte. The city of Frankfurt owns the artwork.

Mann in Drehtür belongs to Frankfurt’s public art collection and adds a reflective presence to the surrounding urban landscape. The bronze material gives the figures a strong presence in Frankfurt’s streets. The arrangement asks viewers to consider how people remain close while communication fails between them. The figures remain close, yet communication cannot pass between them.

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- ![](https://mytuur-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/image_ManninDrehtr_6749fbb18c3d1fed504f565f_0.jpg) — [Image: wikimedia](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bockenheimer_Warte_Pano_klein.jpg)
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- ![](https://mytuur-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/image_ManninDrehtr_6749fbb18c3d1fed504f565f_2.jpg) — [Image: wikimedia](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Stolpersteinlage,_1,_Bockenheimer_Landstraße_133,_Bockenheim,_Frankfurt_am_Main.jpg)
- ![](https://mytuur-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/image_ManninDrehtr_6749fbb18c3d1fed504f565f_3.jpg) — [Image: wikimedia](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Stolpersteinlage,_2,_Bockenheimer_Landstraße_133,_Bockenheim,_Frankfurt_am_Main.jpg)
- ![](https://mytuur-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/image_ManninDrehtr_6749fbb18c3d1fed504f565f_4.jpg) — [Image: wikimedia](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Stolperstein_Hilde_Grossmann,_1,_Bockenheimer_Landstraße_133,_Bockenheim,_Frankfurt_am_Main.jpg)

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