OK, before I push my mouse to one side for the evening here's Exhibit No. 9 of the Beyond Limits exhibition at Chatsworth.
It's called Elephant and yes, it's by Barry Flanagan ...
I rather like where this is positioned too ... there's no clutter surrounding it.
It's in between two lines of rather attractive 'wavy' hedges ...
Is it me or is its tail out of proportion though ?
Perfect placement...for an awful piece. Sorry, I just don't care for these elephants. And yes...his tail is way too long.
ReplyDeleteI thought his tail was too thick ... but I agree it's a good setting.
DeleteI think he should have stuck with the Hare,the elephants I've seen don't look like this one.Ann
ReplyDeleteI should think it's more difficult to work with elephants than hares ~ hares lend themselves to stylisation I would have thought.
DeleteThere seems to be a sense of motion within the piece ... I have to admit I rather like it.
ReplyDeleteBarry Flanagan's elephants do have their fans but I have always preferred hares to just about every other animal ~ real or sculpted.
DeleteGreat positioning, bloody awful sculpture. I just don't like his elephants. The hares are generally much better.
ReplyDeleteYou might feel better after seeing the next one Mitch.
DeleteI agree, the tail is way too thick for a tail - but maybe it is like that to get the audience wondering whether that elephant is coming, or going? :)
ReplyDeleteIt looks as though the elephant has an anteater hanging out of its bottom to my way of thinking.
DeleteThat would have been one heckuva lunch! lol
DeleteNice setting, still I think he was doing way better with his hares.
ReplyDeleteI think you're right Diane. Still, I don't suppose he could spend his the whole of his life sculpting hares.
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