Wet and Aggressive Corella challenges Magpie

Wet and Aggressive Corella challenges Magpie

Sunday 21 April 2019

Sunday Selections #425

Sunday Selections was originally brought to us by Kim, of Frogpondsrock, as an ongoing meme where participants could post previously unused photos languishing in their files.
 
The meme is now continued by River at Drifting through life.  The rules are so simple as to be almost non-existent.  Post some photos under the title Sunday Selections and link back to River (Her hands are still giving her grief and sadly she may not be able to participate).  Clicking on any of the photos will make them embiggen. 

 

I usually run with a theme.  This week it is a recent outing of ours.


We went to the National Art Gallery to see a special exhibition brought over from the Tate.  The exhibition was called 'Love and Desire, and it was predominantly pre-Rapaelite works.  Not my favourite period but I am glad I went.

However, before I show one or two pieces from the exhibition I am going to focus on a new purchase our National Gallery recently made.  A controversional purchase costing $1 million.

Francesco 2017, a wax sculpture by Swiss artist Urs Fischer,was purchased and installed a few weeks ago.

This sculpture will melt away for six months, at which point it will be recast to its original form and lit again.  Publicity on the gallery's website described this process as ‘the birth, the life and the death of an artwork’.

Hmmm.  My grumpy self thinks that is a posh description of a very expensive (and not very attractive) candle.  What do you think?





For some reason that is a fridge he is standing on.  A fridge which had representations of fruit and vegies inside...


 The exhibition we came to see was beside this work.  Some of the pieces which caught my eye included these.


 This was one of the posters advertising the exhibition and features Ophelia by John Everett Millais.



The British Channel seen from the Dorsetshire Cliffs 1871 by John Brett.  I loved those shafts of light.
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 The pet parrot 1853 by Walter Howell Deverell.




The Victorians had a passion for VERY ornate frames.



Of course my book loving self was drawn to The Kelmscott Chaucer

William Morris and Edward Burne-Jones discovered and developed a love for Chaucer as undergraduates at Oxford University. After Morris established the Kelmscott Press in 1891, the two old friends agreed that The Canterbury Tales and other works by Chaucer would be a major goal for the enterprise. Morris spent four years working on the book. Trial pages were printed in 1892, while final production began on August 8, 1894. The first two copies of the book were delivered to Morris and Burne-Jones on June 2, 1896. Morris was already in failing health; he died four months later on October 3, 1896.


I also really liked the Peacock and Serpent vase (1888-97) designed by William De Morgan and decorated by Fred Passenger.

 The Adoration of the Magi 1900-02 was another Morris and Co Production.  Edward Burne-Jones and JH Dearle were the designers.

The tapestry was incredibly detailed.  Some close ups of some of it are below.





As I said, some of the exhibition was not to my taste but I am not in the slightest bit sorry I went.

For those of you who celebrating beit Easter, Passover, or the weekend I hope they are very happy indeed.

  

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  1. Love and Desire. Now who couldn't be drawn in by that title? It is facile of me to say that all art does not appeal to everyone universally but if you attended the exhibit with an open mind and a healthy willingness to be persuaded you did all that could be expected of a rational person, and I have no doubt that you benefitted from the experience in ways perhaps yet unrealized. Sometimes, in order to validate what one likes it is good to be able to compare with what one does not like.

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    1. David Gascoigne: I am never sorry to go to the Gallery. Not all of the art is to my taste, but nor should it be. I am always ready to learn I hope, and the Gallery is yet another learning space for me.

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  2. Intetesting place to visit Love Gosia

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    1. Gosia: Thank you. We need to get to the gallery more often than we do.

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  3. Amazing stuff. I love the was sculpture.

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    1. Jamie Ghione: I didn't love (or even like) Francesco 2017, but I was glad to see it.

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  4. Love the peacock and serpent vase! The $ ONE MILLION wax candle statue? Not so much. Yuck. What a waste of money. Makes you wonder what lurks in people’s brains. Air and dead space?

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    1. River Fairchild: That vase was lovely wasn't it? I would happily find a home for it. I am with you on the giant candle. But will freely admit to ignorance about art.

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  5. I forgot to add that a million bucks for the candle seems a tad ridiculous. Just think what that kind of money could do to help the homeless or other needy and underfunded groups in society.

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    1. David M. Gascoigne: I am pretty certain that the arts budget is entirely separate from that for those in need (I hope so anyway, and the second budget is in need of a big boost). I do find myself wondering what the choices were - as in what they rejected to purchase the candle.

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  6. Thank you for the closeups of Adoration figure. And I too love that amazing peacock and serpent vase. The cost of the enormous candle seemed out of line, but it is interesting nevertheless. As always, your posts are filled with delights. :-)

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    1. DJan: I was blown away by the intricacy of that tapestry. The subject matter is not to my personal taste, but the work involved... Incredible.

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  7. Lovely the paintings, and the statues, quiet.

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    1. Bob Bushell: The Gallery is almost always a very quiet (and lovely) place.

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  8. It may be a candle but it is a very fine and evocative candle. I like it. As for the fridge...a perhaps needless pointer to our attempts to prevent or at least slow the inevitable decay?

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    1. Andrew R. Scott: Two votes so far for the candle. And thank you for your thoughts on the fridge - that makes a kind of sense.

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    2. ...decay as represented by the candle. Yes, I do like it. Reminds me that my own candle is sputtering at times and could end at any moment. Maybe I should make the most of its light and warmth while it lasts, instead of wasting so much time of trivia and anxiety as I so often do.

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    3. "on" not "of" (I could try to take more care with things too) :)

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    5. The "candle" does not seem to be alight, however. Is the figure being melted by the heat coming from the fridge, as heat must come out from any attempt at refrigerating anything? As a chemist I can see that as a rather fine comment on the futility of trying to fight against the inevitable increase of entropy (aka the dispersal of energy), with any attempt to fight its inevitable force of decay in one way having to be paid for by accelerating it in some other way, which is what happens in the temporary defiances of entropy's increase that we call life... but maybe I am waxing all pretentious myself? :)

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    6. Andrew R. Scott: The candle was indeed alight, but it was so far above my head I could not photograph the flame or the wick. Your chemist's mind/experience takes you places which my mind doesn't go without prompting.

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    7. Ha. In the interests of your sanity it may be best not to wander to the places where my mind goes :)

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    8. Andrew R. Scott: I think that is true of many (most?) minds. Enter at your own risk...

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    9. Hi EC - there's quite a good explanation of Urs Fischer's work in Wiki - with an understanding of Francesco 2017 - I expect a new figure will arise from the expended wax.

      What a delight to be able to see the works ... so much talent - and amazing creative works they produced in that era ... I love William Morris designs, as too William de Morgan's colours. Isn't the tapestry just wonderful, as too the Grinling Gibbons type frame. So pleased you went to see the exhibition.

      It is the English Channel = not the British one ... strange but true ... though may be more true in a few decades - who knows!

      Thanks - Urs Fischer's wax sculpture will be an interesting addition to modern art ... I'm sure I wouldn't like it either - but it is 'interesting' and at least once burnt, can be brought back to a new life again. Cheers Hilary

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    10. Hilary Melton-Butcher: Thank you - and you are right about the Wiki explanation. It is indeed a good one.
      The John Brett title at the Exhibition was given as the British Channel, which made me wonder...
      The William Morris pieces certainly were my favourites, by a long way.

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    11. Ah well ... his self-portrait shows an interesting character ... so we'll have to stick with the English Channel being called the British one!! Thanks for updating me ... William Morris and the de Morgans - stunning works ... cheers Hilary

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    12. Hilary Melton-Butcher: His self portrait is indeed interesting - thank you. I wonder why he called it the British Channel. I am sure there was a reason.

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  9. As you know, I love places like National Gelleries and museums. And I am also ready to view, if not embrace, other tastes.
    But a million bucks for some wax-prat staring at his phone, over and over? Sheesh!

    But thank you for showing me.

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    1. dinahmow: No arguments from me. On your next visit we will go to the Gallery and the Museum. And perhaps some other places...

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  10. Call me contrary but I do love the candle, it speaks to me powerfully and I'd love to see it in reality, see the slow disintegration of this ordinary man. H'm.

    And what a marvelous exhibition all round!

    XO
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    1. Wisewebwoman: Appreciation (of art and/or anything else) is such a subjective thing. I am glad you liked it, and sure you would love the Gallery itself.

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  11. The candle may be fascinating, but i don't see spending that much for it. Especially if it is just meant to melt. How much will they be charged for recasting it, i wonderl

    Anyway, there were some very fine pieces there, thank you for sharing them.

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    1. messymimi: I think/hop that the recasting is included in the million dollar price tage. I am glad you enjoyed our Gallery jaunt.

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  12. Except for wax figure candle, I loved the fine art, esp. the peacock vase.

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    1. Susan Kane: I could 'see' that peacock vase at home. And was considering what I would put in it...

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  13. I like the concept of the candle, but not the sculpture itself. Ugly. Nor am I fond of ornate picture frames, which I think detract from great art. The frame in the cliff painting is more restrained. Fine tapestry can be wonderful to look at up close, as you wonder about the work that has gone into its creation.

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    1. Andrew: I agree with you. Minimalist framing is about the only area I lean that way though.
      I was fascinated by the tapesty but I did regret that none of the names of the workers were recorded in the exhibition. It was incredibly skilled work.

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  14. I share your opinion about the first--- But otherwise it seems to have definitely been a good outing! THanks for sharing.

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    1. Bill: Any outing to the National Gallery is a good one, and lots of them have been excellent.

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  15. I may be just grumpy, too, but the phrase "the emperor's new clothes" comes to mind. I wonder, as you replied to one of the comments, what pieces failed to make the grade!

    Okay, yes, I'm grumpy, because usually I would only think this and then not say it :)

    I do like the work that went into the tapestry, and that vase is beautiful. I have a thing about vases, though.

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    1. jenny_o: You grumpy? A very rare display. I loved the tapestry and the vase. There were Morris wallhangings I lusted after as well.

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  16. I wallpapered my first house in Wm. Morris reproduction wallpapers. Twice, but I did live there twenty years. Are we become such a clan of navel gazing narcissists that we feel the need to call candle wax art sculpture?

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    1. Joanne Noragon: The William Morris pieces (and there were at least eight or nine of them) spoke loudest to me in this exhibition. I suspect his wallpaper was lovely too. Do you have any photos?

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  17. The artwork is fascinating but as for that candle stuff I have my reservations. Looks like some artwork gone bad.

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    1. RasmaSandra: Some of us like Francesco 2017, some of us don't. Which is fine, there was plenty of choice.

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  18. The tapestry is truly amazing, and I love ornate frames. The vase is lovely, but I don't like that melting candle at all.

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    1. River: I am not a fan of ornate frames (while appreciating the work). I loved the vase and the tapesty but the candle sculpture was not for me.

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  19. That tapestry is gorgeous - it looks like it could be a tarot card. I'm amused by the candle sculpture but it is innovative. Do you think the artist meant that we melt our insides from too much technology while the good things like fruit and veggies rot in our fridges and we have no timt to eat them while they're fresh?

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    1. Kalpana: I am clueless about what the artist meant. Both you and Andrew R. Scott have much more insightful responses than I managed. I see what you mean about the tarot card. That glorious tapestry did have that look.

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  20. The slob staring at the cell phone cost a million bucks! Yikes!

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    1. Strayer: It did. Which by my standards is still a lot of money.

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  21. I really like the peacock vase, and absolutely love the tapestry. The colours and the workmanship are so beautiful - I wish I could swoop across the Tasman just to see it.

    Candle man? I'm with Strayer!

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    1. Alexia: I went back to look at the tapestry a number of times. It really is a lovely thing.
      Francesco 2017 is not to my taste. At all.

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  22. That sculpture candle is a very expensive art in my opinion!

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    1. ReHiTu: There are pieces in our National Gallery which cost a great deal more than that (but I think that they are worth more as well). Which is a purely personal response.

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  23. 1 mill for a posh candle? Human folly. On the other hand, I adore the peacock vase...

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  24. Dear EC
    I do wonder sometimes...it perhaps makes the viewer contemplate mortality and the ephemeral nature of life, but a small candle could also do that. It reminds me of the Anish Kapoor 'exhibition' where wax was pushed through doorways in the gallery - I didn't really understand 'why' then either. (Here's a Youtube video about it - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QlnhAqbkhq0 )
    I love the Pre-Raphaelites, but as I get older, I am finding that I like their sketches and preliminary works more than the finished paintings. Some of the finished paintings, despite their obvious artistry and talent seem a little overworked (and this is from a huge fan). The ceramics and textiles are stunning.
    Happy Easter too.
    Best wishes
    Ellie

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    1. Ellie Foster: I often like sketches/prelimary works more than the final product. I am not certain whether it is 'overworking' or whether it is because the initial works leave my imagination freer. And yes, the ceramics/textiles were amazing. An overworked word which aptly describes the way I felt.

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  25. That candle is unusual. I have never seen anything like it before...nor any candle so expensive!
    It is kind of striking though.
    The peacock vase is really stunning...and I adore the tapestry. It reminds me of a Tarot card!😊😊

    Hope you are having a super Easter!!

    Lots of love and hugs ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

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    1. Ygraine: That is two of my perceptive commentators who saw the link to a tarot card. You are so right.
      I hope your Easter is healthy, happy and wonderful.

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  26. Thank you for sharing your excursions into art. I think I like the tapestries the most. The candle leaves me wondering about what constitutes art. The pottery is exquisite.
    I wish you a very happy weekend and peaceful week.

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    1. Myrna R.: Thank you for your wonderful wishes. The same to you and yours.
      I loved the tapestry, and am still thinking about it. I don't think I have ever gone to an exhibition at the Gallery (or indeed the Gallery itself) without taking an image/thought home with me.

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  27. So many wonders. Just got to love the pet parrot.
    Hoppy Easter.

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    1. Sandra: Happy Easter to you. There were a couple of paintings in the pet parrot series...

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  28. I'm with you on that being an extremely expensive candle. Enjoyed the other pieces. Wishing you and yours a safe and happy holiday weekend.

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    1. Mason Canyon: A safe and happy weekend (and life) to you and yours as well.

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  29. He does look like an expensive, grumpy candle.

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    1. Mary Kirkland: The Wiki interpretation gives it more depth, and some commentators were more attuned than me, but it is not a piece of art which resonates with me.

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  30. You've shown us some grand pictures, and I adore the vase. I'm not sure how I feel about the man on the refrigerator(lol), but will keep you posted. Happy Easter, and I hope you are feeling well! Hugs...RO

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    1. RO: Opinions are divided about Francesco 2017, but we all seem to love the vase.
      Happy Easter to you and yours.

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  31. I’m with you. I love to see the exhibits even if I don’t care for some of the work.

    That is a very expensive candle indeed!

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    1. Marie Smith: Neither the artist nor the Gallery describe it as a candle - but that is the way I see it. Hooray for Galleries though - all of them, including those which feature work which I don't like or understand.

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    2. My earlier comments ignored the cost. Cost is crazy. Letting it melt away once then replacing with a time-lapse video would have sufficed, or maybe just one re-casting before then - point made.

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    3. Andrew R. Scott: The cost is indeed high. I wonder just how many recastings it covers as well...

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  32. I bet in a hundred years that phone will look ancient, like when we see a painting of someone using a quill pen.

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    1. Sandi: You are so right. I wonder what will have replaced it. Implants?

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  33. A waste of a million dollars, in my humble opinion. When there are children starving...children in need of medical aid...

    I hope you had a pleasant weekend, EC...and I hope the rest of the week treats you kindly. Cuddles to Jazz. :)

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    1. Lee: The arts budget and the support for those in need budget are very different. That said, the second does need to be boosted, and not just for children.
      My weekend was busy but productive. I hope yours was lovely and that you and your furry overlords have a great week.

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  34. That British seen and the woman with the parrot I really like, but I'm not fond of the man with wax on his head.

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    1. Lon Anderson: You are not alone. Some people like that one, and others loathe it.

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  35. The candle is an interesting piece but 1 million dollars to melt away!!! Love all the art work. Hope you are having a good Easter.

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    1. Margaret Birding For Pleasure: That price tag stuck in my craw too. Easter was busy but productive. I hope yours was wonderful.

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  36. wonderful post...
    That wax guy wouldn't last very long here. I bet it's going to look pretty creepy all melted into the fridge.
    Love the parrot..I had one just like it.
    All the rest of the artwork was great to look at,
    Thanks for sharing this.
    Hope you had a wonderful Easter.

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    1. Marfi-topia: I suspect it will look very odd indeed when his head has melted away - we might go and have a look at him again in a few motnhs.
      Easter was good - as I hope yours was/is.

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    2. There was a lot of bright colors. I like bright colors.

      :)

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    3. Author R. Mac Wheeler: We share a number of likes. Colours, trees, water...

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  37. Well, that wax man on fridge is creepy - looks so real. That'd fix my diet, I'm thinking.
    Have a pleasant week, EC.

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    1. Rawknrobyn: Now that is a use for Francesco 2017 I had never considered. It might even work - though I would hate to be constantly cleaning up the wax.
      A great week to you too.

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  38. The Fischer piece is really trippy. I find it both captivating and a bit repellent.

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    1. Bea: Like it or loathe it, it certainly isn't a 'meh' piece is it?

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  39. It's always interesting to visit Art Galleries, and we are so fortunate to be able to do this.
    I so often find there are pieces/paintings that are more to my liking, and some that I really don't like! But I'm sure it's the same for most of us.

    For me today I just loved the tapestry it is so incredibly detailed, quite beautiful and I am so thankful that you included your close ups photographs of some of it.

    I hope you had an enjoyable Easter weekend, as we did.

    All the best Jan

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    1. Lowcarb team member~ Jan: You are so right. We are indeed fortunate to have galleries to visit, even those which include pieces we don't like.
      That tapestry was incredible. I kept going back to it, and marvelled at the artistry and the creativity.
      I am glad that you had a good Easter weekend. We did too.

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  40. A million for the waxwork, hey? I'm obviously doing something wrong. Heh.

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  41. I hope the $1 million giant candle smells really good like peach mango.

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    1. Powdered Toast Man: Nope. It doesn't even smell good.

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  42. The tapestry is my favourite. I notice old tapestries have blue and red very dominant and I wonder if it's a matter of style or whether fading has changed the balance of colours......
    Whatever the answer, it's beautiful in simplicity

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    1. kylie: I have noticed that too, and don't know whether it is style, the availability of particular colours or fading. Whatever the reason I loved it.

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  43. Had to laugh at your description of the wax statue as a candle!

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    1. Lady Fi: I am glad. My less grumpy self admits it was an uncharitable description.

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  44. Your posts are always so interesting and colorful with your photos. Art Galleries are fun. The ones we have here are mostly paintings by our local mountain painters. They are good, but no wax figures that melt.

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    1. Glenda Beall: Thank you. My city is renowned as 'boring' and I never tire of the rich variety of things to see and do.

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  45. Wow the art work is so cool, but that man candle is beyond awesome but weird at the same time. The golden frame is my favorite. Kind of art in itself.

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    1. T. Powell Coltrin: I do love our Gallery, and that there is something there for everyone.

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  46. The candle is an interesting concept. I agree with those who said that frame is an artwork in itself.

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    1. The Real Cie: I was fascinated by the frames, and the workmanship. They are not to my personal taste, but are you are right that they are in and of themselves works of art.

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  47. I thought I had commented on this post but obviously not. I rather like the candle. And I'm wondering if the fridge is part of the candle too, or just an elaborate candlestick?

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    1. But I wouldn't pat a million dollars for it!

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    2. Shammickite: I *think* (but won't swear to it) that the fridge and its contents are the 'candlestick'. Which I suspect will make the recasting expensive and difficult when the time comes. Transporting a fridge across the world isn't a task to take lightly.

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  48. Love the poster. Very Lady of the Lakish:)
    Have a great one.

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    1. Sandra: The Gallery often does excellent publicity posters.

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    2. That one is wonderful.
      I also really like the British Channel painting. Breathtaking.
      Hope your day is pleasant and productive.

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    3. Sandra: I really, really liked the British Channel too. It was the shafts of light which caught my eye.

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  49. One of the most interesting things about art is the scope of its definition. Any release of creative forces in a human can create it and it can be anything to anyone. It is all good whether I like it or not.

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  50. I enjoyed reading the comments about it but no, not my cup of tea although I realize beauty is in the eye of the beholder. I'm pretty old-fashioned in a lot of ways and love the more traditional pieces. Maybe I would think differently if I saw this in person, maybe :)

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    1. DeniseinVA: I like a range of art, but that one doesn't appeal to me either. I understand it a little better (thanks to comments left here) but it is not for me. There is plenty that is though.

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  51. Wow! All these photos show how ornate everything is. I loved the frame, but own nothing that would do something like that any justice. Plus, it's stick out like a sore thumb in my simple abode.

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    1. Mildred Ratched: It would stand out like a sore thumb here too, despite the house being filled with an eclectic collection of no particular genre.

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  52. Those really are ornate frames! I guess the ornate style goes with the artwork. The wax piece sounds interesting. When you were describing the process it sounded like a candle to me. The poster, book, and vase are my favorites from your visit. :) Thanks for sharing. Art is so interesting and our feelings can change about it from day to day.
    ~Jess

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    1. DMS ~Jess: I liked all of your favourites too, but I think the tapestry was my favourite. I am/was a dabbler in tapestry and I am well aware of the work that involved.

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  53. I'm sadly not very cultured and wouldn't necessarily go to such an exhibition, but I can see why you enjoyed it... although the man-candle on the fridge is ridiculous!!

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    1. Mark Koopmans: Believe me, I wouldn't describe myself as cultured either. The wax sculpture is not for me - though I am feeling a teeny bit ashamed of describing it as a candle. Only a bit though.

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  54. A million dollars, wow...interesting 'candle'. Thanks for sharing these art pieces through your eyes.

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  55. While Pre-Raphaelite isn't my favorite period either I prefer the art definitely to the red-faced wax guy. I agree on the ornate frames... I never understood why beautiful paintings have to sit in over-decorative frames that only distract from the frame. A simple wooden frame would be so much better, but that is just my personal unprofessional opinion.

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    1. Carola Bartz: Thank you. My personal and unprofessional self is glad to hear you agree with me.

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  56. Thank you for that journey around the exhibition. I like the concept of the candle (wouldn't like it sitting on my dining table though) but think a miniature version would have been way more economical! I've got a beaut, tiny, old wooden frame with some carving on it that I love though all my own works I've got in plain black frames, it's interesting how our thoughts change over the years. I wonder if/when fancy frames will be popular again though we don't have the same number of craftsmen/women that we used to, maybe that's another reason we now prefer less expensive made-in-china frames

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    1. Kim: I expect that ornate frames will come round again. I think that they are often works of art in themselves and that accordingly they detract from the piece they frame. My far from minimalist self tends to simple frames for just that reason. For the moment anyway.

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  57. That truly is an ornate frame. Looks like lots of hours went into it.
    Hope your weekend is filled with sunshine, energy and joy.
    Hugs

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    1. Sandra: There were lots of those ornate frames. I suspect that in some cases the frame took longer to create than the painting it enclosed. Thank you for those wonderful wishes - which I also wish for you.

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  58. I will make you a candle for one million dollars! LOL! That is crazy!!
    Thanks for sharing such beautiful art! I love the frame!! Big Hugs!

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