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I was asked by some tourists about a structure in the shopping centre of Bristol and explained that I thought it was reflecting Bristol's maritime heritage. But after they went on their way, satisfied, I seemed to recall reading somewhere that it was a sort of advertising 'hoarding'. I still don't know what it is. If art, it will give Belfast a run for its money.It isn't given us to know those rare moments when people are wide open and the lightest touch can wither or heal. A moment too late and we can never reach them any more in this world. -
So THATS what a Tin Teardrop looks like.
Good old Beefheart, always ahead of his time.I will not be pushed, filed, stamped, indexed, briefed, debriefed or numbered. My life is my own.
I am not a number, I am a free man.Comment
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This was the first local arty sculpture I remember. It was controversial at the time - c 1960. But I think we have all taken Princess Macha to our hearts.
The maquette for the sculpture was among the art collection of the late David Bowie.Comment
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Ahead of its time, Padraig. That looks wonderful.
The Kelpies in Falkirk are very popular and I have to say that they are quite impressive when you drive past them lit up at night. However I'm inclined to think that it's the size of the Equine Statues that impresses rather than their artistic qualities, but that's just my opinion. Still, people seem to love them and travel a distance to see them, drink tea and buy keyrings in abundance - maybe it's the engineering that attracts.
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That's rather good! There's quite a lot of tinny sub-Moore municipal sculpture decorating council block precincts in this part of the world; nobody nicks it unless it was that Barbara Hepworth in Dulwich park a couple of years ago, quite a bit of meltable bronze there, or the Henry Moore I managed to photograph in Greenwich Park before that.Originally posted by Padraig View PostLast edited by Serial_Apologist; 27-03-17, 21:10. Reason: Misspelling - sorry 'bout that, Greenwich!Comment
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​.SEVERAL SCULPTURAL SPECIES, OR THE ART OF INDUSTRIAL DESIGN...Comment
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Or a "platform" for arts?Originally posted by jayne lee wilson View Post
​.SEVERAL SCULPTURAL SPECIES, OR THE ART OF INDUSTRIAL DESIGN...Comment
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Antony Gormley had a hand in public art in Derry too.
The first sculpture you see was placed within the Walls on a vacant site. This site has now become The Millennium Forum, and the sculpture is still in place, but now at an entrance to the theatre. When I was a smoker
I often joined it for a cigarette at the Intervals.
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Here's one of five Gormley sculptures that has been placed around the coast of UK, in this case on the Mull of Kintyre at Saddell Bay. I fancy a visit there, I have to say.Originally posted by Padraig View PostAntony Gormley had a hand in public art in Derry too.
The first sculpture you see was placed within the Walls on a vacant site. This site has now become The Millennium Forum, and the sculpture is still in place, but now at an entrance to the theatre. When I was a smoker I often joined it for a cigarette at the Intervals.
http://www.publicart.ie/main/directo...2c5031422e010/
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These always I find somehow stirring, every time I pass through - they're ghost-like, and been sited there for 30 years!
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We have these two at Liverpool Lime Street:
And of course Eleanor Rigby:
And topiary Beatles _ though Ringo had his head amputated when he dared to be less than reverential about his native city:
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I'm rather fond of this one
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