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Tag: Skulptur
My Mother Does Love Me, Honest!
Sometimes the Foxes’ Ears Go Missing
I had been wondering about this strange looking sculpture. A fox? Possibly. But the ears are not quite right.
Last time we passed this place in Michelstadt a small group of tourists were there with a guide and since we seemed interested we were invited to listen. The figure is indeed a fox, Reineke Fuchs to be precise, the title character of a medieval story which has been told again and again. Apparently every now and again the ears are broken off – the guide blamed local schoolkids – and everytime they are repaired they are little bit bigger than their predecessors, hence the unusual look.
Definitely more than six words this week but I just had to after Debbie’s photo and Queen Victoria’s missing finger.
Thoughts About a Sculpture
Geriatri’x’ oddity of the day is a sculpture with many faces – more elaborate and less crude than this one:
Faces in the “Skulpturenpark” in Bad König – which is basically an abandoned lot where a couple of artists have left their works for everybody to look at. The pieces are kind of weird, intriguing even. I’m not sure I like the words that one of them often added to his scultpures – I think it limits the interpretation of the onlookers. If I hadn’t gone for a square format I would have cut off the writing completely. So, in true odd fashion, I left half of it in the photo rather than losing some of the faces.
If you are curious here is the translation:
“Rather the cleverest among the stupid than the stupidest among the clever” Paul August Wagner 2020
I am not sure I agree with the quote, reminiscent of something Julius Caesar has said (according to Plutarch): “I had rather be first in a village than second at Rome.” I say reminiscent because the meaning is quite different. And this is exactly why I find these added words unsuitable: I have now thought about the saying, what it might mean and what it alludes to, and neglected to reflect about the piece of art. I wonder if that was the artist’s aim. Odd.
Three Feathered Threesomes
On the first day of the New Year we visited an animal park where they kept a lot of birds. Some were obliging and grouped together in threes.
A Distant Relative
This is the sculpture of a local literary figure called Vetter Philp (cousin Philip).
Monday Portrait
Match this!
This is sculpture of three burned-up matches. I saw them in front of a church, if that means anything.
Quoth the Raven
Or possibly it’s a rook or a crow or a corbie.
Like many outdoor sculptures this raven was not easy to photograph as one has little influence on the background if the bird stands in the middle of a private garden.
Lots and lots of backlighting added. 
A change of the colour tint. 
The area around the head left untouched, the rest of the photo changed to impressionist dabbing. 
Similar effect, except that the surrounds are deliberately made grainy.
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