I didn't get to Barcelona, Mando, so I only know it by photos. I have never known quite what I think about it. It is obviously very original. I think I would need to see it on the spot.
DA On Wed, May 14, 2008 at 4:14 PM, Armando Baeza <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > In Los Angeles while going to art school in 46'- 49, > I managed to see Sculptor Simon Rodia built his Watts > tower one bucket of cement and a trowel at a time up > and down his steel structure a few times.Years later I > learned of Antoni Gaudi , and wondered if Sam Rodia ever new of gaudi's > work from fotos,because there some similarities > on a much smaller scale. Gaudi became a sculptor whose work > I had to see some day. That day came in 93'0r 94' when our visit > through Spain finally ended in Barcelona. I was surprised that > construction was still going on, but some of the towers were > available for climbing, so we did. > The circular stairway was a tight squeeze for two bodies passing > each other up and down. On our first climb, the tower was very > crowded, but after waiting a while found myself the only one on top. > The steps were so precise that the sound of my shoes were making > sounded like i was tap dancing. It so impressed me that I > went up for the third time just to enjoy my new found talent. > > Now I wonder what Derek thinks of his work. For me , he was a genius > equal to the best of them. > mando > > > > On Tue, May 13, 2008 at 12:44 PM, Derek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > One of the > > > > > things I find so fascinating about Goya is the way he leaves > > you hanging in a disturbing state of indecision. Is the head of that > > character on the right a skull, or is it just an emaciated head that > > looks very skull-like? Imagine trying to talk sensibly about this work > > in terms of notions like beauty, harmony,elegance, grace, etc (a > > definition of art I read not long ago from a leading analytic > > aesthetician...) > > > > > http://picasaweb.google.com/derekalla/Images2?authkey=hkLQ1OpKJWE > > > > [demime 1.01d removed an attachment of type image/gif which had a name of > > picasaweblogo-en_US.gif] > > > > [demime 1.01d removed an attachment of type image/jpeg which had a name of > > email.jpg] > > -- Derek Allan http://www.home.netspeed.com.au/derek.allan/default.htm
