tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1995249205815458488.post1014175448389383371..comments2024-02-27T11:44:37.001+00:00Comments on Charlton Stitcher: Grounds for Sculpture, NJCharlton Stitcherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03052815242463837033noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1995249205815458488.post-90726369286555916472014-10-18T14:04:54.303+01:002014-10-18T14:04:54.303+01:00It was a wonderful place ... and so impressively f...It was a wonderful place ... and so impressively full of people (without being crowded). It was just lovely to see so many others enjoying the visual feast. The Seward Johnson exhibition has been so popular that it has been extended through into the middle of next year. I certainly recommend a visit.Charlton Stitcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03052815242463837033noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1995249205815458488.post-4689452479133976452014-10-17T20:40:45.128+01:002014-10-17T20:40:45.128+01:00What a fascinating sculpture park !
I think Mari...What a fascinating sculpture park ! <br />I think Marilyn is fabulous ... the sheer size alone ... and the detail ! <br />Must add this to my bucket list !Threadpainterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00575214840766105122noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1995249205815458488.post-5525656886339105912014-10-13T11:13:28.812+01:002014-10-13T11:13:28.812+01:00Thank you, Olga. I will search out Duane Hanson wi...Thank you, Olga. I will search out Duane Hanson with interest. <br />It is extraordinary how such a realistic representation of the human form and of human interaction can be so disturbing and uncanny. I have been asking myself why that is ever since we visited the exhibition Perhaps it is because we find being involved in a visual trick disturbing. It is like the feeling when we've been the victim of a practical joke.... perhaps that is the point - we have - but it's one that makes us look again at ourselves and we don't always like what we see ...Charlton Stitcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03052815242463837033noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1995249205815458488.post-3143171604400674342014-10-13T11:05:29.572+01:002014-10-13T11:05:29.572+01:00Seward Johnson's work was new to me too but qu...Seward Johnson's work was new to me too but quite haunting. It is now nearly six weeks since we visited the park yet my reactions when searching through my photos for this post were as vivid as they were at the time of our visit ... as you say, disconcerting and mesmerising ... extraordinary.Charlton Stitcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03052815242463837033noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1995249205815458488.post-28488372001535030812014-10-13T10:49:49.153+01:002014-10-13T10:49:49.153+01:00I have never seen Seward Johnson's work, but i...I have never seen Seward Johnson's work, but it seems similar to Duane Hanson's which I have seen both in London and in San Francisco many years ago. It is really uncanny.Olga Norrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10554469124546960971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1995249205815458488.post-53650472511856281862014-10-13T04:16:35.840+01:002014-10-13T04:16:35.840+01:00Gosh, I had never heard of this park before, nor h...Gosh, I had never heard of this park before, nor had I 'met' the work of Seward Johnson. Thanks so much for this post. And how very disconcerting some of the displays must have been. And yet so very mesmerizing at the same time. I am always fascinated by the many ways there are to be 'creative.' Thank you so much for this introduction.marnyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03067520069137664000noreply@blogger.com