Dear Art Lover,
I mentioned in the last post that the
legless-ness of the giant horse bronze sculpture made me wonder if the artist Gustavo Aceves intended to exhibit this
piece closer to the ground or perhaps “floating” above water, as if the horse’s
legs were submerged.
In any event, the massive base elevating
this sculpture is very interesting.
Having been married to an engineer, as well as having done a lot of
weekend-type shows to sell my beeswax candles and later, my art, I have been
fascinated with collapsing furniture design.
Or at least, flexible, in the sense of how to use it. You might imagine how expensive it must be to
create a support structure for every single public and temporary art exhibit a
city might have.
So, look at the design of this base. The strong rectangular beams are supported on
round columns every so often. Yet, they
may attach in several different angles due to the pie-shaped wedges on the top
of each pier. Simple, wonderful,
versatile! Great. Painted black, the support beams are almost
ignored by the brain as far as aesthetics of the art go, but physically
imposing enough to keep the viewer at a natural distance for protection of all
concerned. You may note that the
leveling on the ground is done simply by adding slabs of plywood as needed to
keep the pillars on the same plane.
Related posts:
Today, I would like to show you
one of my pastel drawings. Bologna, Italy,
is famous for its porticos [covered walkways] and I was fascinated my first
time in that city by how small this man I drew looked beside and within the
architecture. This image gives me peace
and also curiosity, as I wondered what he was watching or thinking. I liked also his child-like pose. I hope that you do, too.
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| Shown Unframed, but comes with Museum Glass, frame, and mat |
Please contact me if you are
interested in this artwork.
"Pensive
in Bologna"
23" x 17"
Pastel on Wallis Pro Paper
by Kelly Borsheim
23" x 17"
Pastel on Wallis Pro Paper
by Kelly Borsheim
$1500
[Framed with offset white mat, black wood frame, & Museum Glass, a non-reflective glass]
[Framed with offset white mat, black wood frame, & Museum Glass, a non-reflective glass]
For close up views of the original
art, click on this link:
http://www.borsheimarts.com/pastels/2010/PensiveInBologna.htm
http://www.borsheimarts.com/pastels/2010/PensiveInBologna.htm
Peace and thank you,
Kelly Borsheim, artist
