Saturday, 15 August 2009

Culture Wars - S Is For Sculpture

A difficult one this, as there are so many sculptures I like - Landseer's lions at Nelson's Column, the golden eagle that marks the Royal Air Force Memorial on the North Bank, the B of the Bang (now sadly dismantled)...

But I settled on Dale Chihuly's wonderful glass exhibition at Kew, because I saw it back in 2005 and never did get to go back with my camera and take some decent photos. Not that they would have done it justice - the fantastic, organic shapes needed to be seen in the flesh, so to speak, nestled among the wonderful plants in the various glasshouses, or drifting gently in the lakes.

If they ever repeat it, it's worth a trip to Kew to see the most amazing, strong yet delicate glass sculptures in the world...

Tomorrow, the finale - T is for Television
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4 comments:

  1. Dr Melvin T Gray15 August 2009 at 09:35

    I must not tarnish this very beautiful collection with suggestions of phallism.

    I shall give 'T' a miss in contrition.

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  2. JuliaM15 August 2009 at 12:14

    Some of them were very...hmmm...!

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  3. North Northwester15 August 2009 at 18:42

    Yer - pretty: even the triffid.
    Joys of living in the capital, I suppose.

    Makes up for the insane drivers, does it?.. ;-)

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  4. JuliaM16 August 2009 at 06:48

    Only just... ;)

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