commissioned by Denver artist Lawrence Argent, 2002
I really like this one (above) It's a giant blue bear sculpture looking into a building. Big sculptures that give the landscape a surreal feeling always appeal to me.
The badminton darts on the lawn of the Nelson Atkins Museum (left) Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen) in Kansas City is another well-done example of this. (It's like you stumbled onto the lawn of a giant). The orange ribbons thing in NY's Central Park though? (Orange Central Park gates, by Christo and Jeanne-Claude, 2005) I don't get it, there didn't seem to be a theme to it other than well, orange banners; really a laborious process with not much surrealistic affect if you ask me.
Another sculpture from Downtown Denver, (photo and color effects by me). I couldn't find the sculptor's name for this one, if you know it, make a comment. The last photo below is a clock tower I saw on our way to the art museum that was glowing purple.
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Love the giant bear...looks like he's about to punch his way through the window...and glowing purple towers...never seen any of those, but they fit with Colorado, a place which, in my mind, may also be to some degree tied to all the psychedelic experiences I had there (note to any kids reading: of course by that I mean listening to some of that groovy psychedelic music. Be cool, stay in school. Don't do drugs."
Yeah, I agree, I love the giant bear and I agree that there is something about giant sculptures that make them seem so surreal. One here in England that I remember seeing was a giant wooden chair just sitting on a hillside. From a distance it really played with scale and perspective.
Nice post :-)
Thanks Jay and Susannah, I will try to find that giant chair online!
I think this may be it -
http://www.legendarydartmoor.co.uk/Images2/Chaira.gif
:-)
very cool, that's where the giant sits after playing badminton on the lawn of the Nelson (see post above lol)
lol - I wonder where he has left his badmington racquet!
nice! thanks for this post. its really nice!
Giant chair concept was pretty cool!Thanks for the post :)
Love the bear! Took a tour last month with Billy Bango and learned that the bear was supposed to be black and that the blue was just the primer - but...everyone liked the blue so much they left it.
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