Comments on: what is it about bronze http://artwranglers.com.au/what-is-it-about-bronze/ Sun, 08 Aug 2010 02:37:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Nigel http://artwranglers.com.au/what-is-it-about-bronze/comment-page-1/#comment-339 Nigel Wed, 23 Apr 2008 12:08:09 +0000 http://artwranglers.com.au/?p=517#comment-339 The necessity for such a plinth is one thing (raising questions of scale, the relationship of the sculpture to its location, a framing device to isolate the work from the surrounding context), but how do we read the iconography? An art historical struggle between good (the figurative) and evil (the geometric)? No wonder the male figure strikes such a ponderous pose! Pity the female casualties... The necessity for such a plinth is one thing (raising questions of scale, the relationship of the sculpture to its location, a framing device to isolate the work from the surrounding context), but how do we read the iconography? An art historical struggle between good (the figurative) and evil (the geometric)? No wonder the male figure strikes such a ponderous pose! Pity the female casualties…

]]> By: Jane Barney http://artwranglers.com.au/what-is-it-about-bronze/comment-page-1/#comment-338 Jane Barney Wed, 23 Apr 2008 07:49:45 +0000 http://artwranglers.com.au/?p=517#comment-338 I stumbled upon this proud masculine bronze on the way home from the recent k.d. lang concert and, in the gloomy light, was most struck but the monstrous plinth upon which the work sits. I was then struck by the plaque which states that the work is 'on loan' to the people of Canberra. Does this mean that, even after axing a few casuarinas, the developer's edifice is so large that he has no room left on his footprint for Resilience? I hope to get to the bottom of this when I scrutinize the work in the light of day. I stumbled upon this proud masculine bronze on the way home from the recent k.d. lang concert and, in the gloomy light, was most struck but the monstrous plinth upon which the work sits.

I was then struck by the plaque which states that the work is ‘on loan’ to the people of Canberra. Does this mean that, even after axing a few casuarinas, the developer’s edifice is so large that he has no room left on his footprint for Resilience?

I hope to get to the bottom of this when I scrutinize the work in the light of day.

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