Slog - Comments on Two Examples of Really Great Outdoor Sculpture http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/01/two_examples_of_really_great_outdoor_scu The Olympic Sculpture Park Mania has begun. This weekend, the New York Times weighed in with a piece about the happymaking effects of Microsoft and Starbucks money. The Seattle Post-Intelligencer hit the money angle, too, dubbing Seattle Art Museum "the king of cash." And the Seattle Times has done a lot of description, and printed a very nice graphic that online turns interactive. My sculpture park windbaggery will be coming your way tomorrow, and while I'm not going to spend the next five words summing up 4,500, I will say it has been an outrageous pleasure being obsessed with sculpture,... Copyright 2008 Tue, 16 Jan 2007 09:13:16 -0800 Thu, 25 Jan 2007 18:17:45 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Sachi Wilson Cool. My wife is a professor at UCSD and a bear fan . . . we love that stone bear!

]]> Sachi Wilson http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/01/two_examples_of_really_great_outdoor_scu#c590092 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/01/two_examples_of_really_great_outdoor_scu#c590092 Arts Tue, 16 Jan 2007 09:36:19 -0800 Comment by so what? Of course, we must hate children. They are evil. But they do give perspective to the size of the piece and the running helps set off the stone.

We could have had some student slackers lounging on the lawn I suppose. Would that have been better?

]]> so what? http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/01/two_examples_of_really_great_outdoor_scu#c590097 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/01/two_examples_of_really_great_outdoor_scu#c590097 Arts Tue, 16 Jan 2007 09:46:47 -0800 Comment by B Mully Jen - appreciate you highlighting our Flickr photo group the other week. Here is that link again for your readers! We have some great shots showing up in the group and look forward to seeing more from your readers after this weekend's opening!

http://www.flickr.com/groups/36699021@N00/

]]> B Mully http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/01/two_examples_of_really_great_outdoor_scu#c590098 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/01/two_examples_of_really_great_outdoor_scu#c590098 Arts Tue, 16 Jan 2007 09:50:12 -0800 Comment by City Comforts "The piece has a wicked sense of understated humor, and it cuts to the core—using only corporate banality—of the link between violence and nationalism. "

Huh?

]]> City Comforts http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/01/two_examples_of_really_great_outdoor_scu#c590107 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/01/two_examples_of_really_great_outdoor_scu#c590107 Arts Tue, 16 Jan 2007 10:20:24 -0800 Comment by Jim Demetre I like the juxtaposition of the bear's essential coarseness with the angular, sleek-surfaced buildings were students go to learn to computer science and engineering. There is such a tradition of ignoring the forces of nature in the Golden State, this bear's potential 'temper tantrum' brings to mind California's history of earthquakes, floods, even race-riots. Nice!

]]> Jim Demetre http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/01/two_examples_of_really_great_outdoor_scu#c590115 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/01/two_examples_of_really_great_outdoor_scu#c590115 Arts Tue, 16 Jan 2007 10:36:06 -0800 Comment by You_Gotta_Be_Kidding_Me "The piece has a wicked sense of understated humor, and it cuts to the core—using only corporate banality—of the link between violence and nationalism." (?)

Funny, I always saw it more as a representational testament to the nurturing effects of American hegemony made possible through a vigilant defense which affords the world the opportunity to drink deeply at the fountain of peace, prosperity and democracy.

]]> You_Gotta_Be_Kidding_Me http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/01/two_examples_of_really_great_outdoor_scu#c590119 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/01/two_examples_of_really_great_outdoor_scu#c590119 Arts Tue, 16 Jan 2007 10:49:50 -0800 Comment by PA Native The rock sculpture reminds me of the rock moster from Galaxy Quest.

]]> PA Native http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/01/two_examples_of_really_great_outdoor_scu#c590179 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/01/two_examples_of_really_great_outdoor_scu#c590179 Arts Tue, 16 Jan 2007 12:32:12 -0800 Comment by mirror Definitely the Galaxy Quest rock moster!

Jen: that is why the kids are in the picture - to instill the view with a sense of foreboding of the destruction to come.

]]> mirror http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/01/two_examples_of_really_great_outdoor_scu#c590221 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/01/two_examples_of_really_great_outdoor_scu#c590221 Arts Tue, 16 Jan 2007 13:03:23 -0800 Comment by catalina vel-duray We're all free to wear shortshorts and sleeveless shirts when drinking from public water fountains.

God, I love this country.

]]> catalina vel-duray http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/01/two_examples_of_really_great_outdoor_scu#c590254 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/01/two_examples_of_really_great_outdoor_scu#c590254 Arts Tue, 16 Jan 2007 13:40:27 -0800 Comment by A Nony Mouse Plop. Art. Park.

]]> A Nony Mouse http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/01/two_examples_of_really_great_outdoor_scu#c590268 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/01/two_examples_of_really_great_outdoor_scu#c590268 Arts Tue, 16 Jan 2007 13:59:28 -0800 Comment by SeattleExile It's like the stay-puffed marshmallow man. Except made out of rock.

]]> SeattleExile http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/01/two_examples_of_really_great_outdoor_scu#c590273 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/01/two_examples_of_really_great_outdoor_scu#c590273 Arts Tue, 16 Jan 2007 14:00:22 -0800 Comment by k. funny

]]> k. http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/01/two_examples_of_really_great_outdoor_scu#c590287 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/01/two_examples_of_really_great_outdoor_scu#c590287 Arts Tue, 16 Jan 2007 14:16:01 -0800 Comment by MoTown Yay, my alma mater! Jen, for "Untitled" neither me nor any of my friends drank the water there for good luck, but the understated humor in that statue is also that the chancellor's complex (aka UCSD Administration buildings) are directly to the right of the picture, so in effect the woman is "bowing" to the High Chancellor.


You can see all of the Stuart Art Collection pieces at http://stuartcollection.ucsd.edu/. The first Stuart piece installed, de Saint Phalle's "Sun God" inspired the yearly festival/concert/boozefest called (surprisingly) the Sun God Festival, and Murray's "Red Shoe" is a particular trippy piece that was about a 3 minute walk from my freshman year dorm.

]]> MoTown http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/01/two_examples_of_really_great_outdoor_scu#c590302 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/01/two_examples_of_really_great_outdoor_scu#c590302 Arts Tue, 16 Jan 2007 14:22:26 -0800 Comment by Robert Mileham "Well Jen, I had just set the camera up for the last timed exposure on the card/film of the rock teddy bear; pressed the button for 3 second delay and two kids run in front! Murphy's Law."

]]> Robert Mileham http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/01/two_examples_of_really_great_outdoor_scu#c590930 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/01/two_examples_of_really_great_outdoor_scu#c590930 Arts Wed, 17 Jan 2007 08:39:01 -0800 Comment by Beth Sellars Hey Jen,
You forgot to mention Timothy Hawkinson's name as the person who created "Bear" for the UCSD campus.
Beth

]]> Beth Sellars http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/01/two_examples_of_really_great_outdoor_scu#c590998 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/01/two_examples_of_really_great_outdoor_scu#c590998 Arts Wed, 17 Jan 2007 11:08:04 -0800 Comment by Jen Graves Beth, I must have lost my mind. Ugh. Thanks for pointing this out. It's one of those weeks. I'll fix it!

]]> Jen Graves http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/01/two_examples_of_really_great_outdoor_scu#c593105 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/01/two_examples_of_really_great_outdoor_scu#c593105 Arts Fri, 19 Jan 2007 16:25:44 -0800 Comment by YGBKM2 "The piece has a wicked sense of understated humor, and it cuts to the core—using only corporate banality—of the link between violence and nationalism." (?)

Funny, I always saw it more as a representational testament to the nurturing effects of American hegemony made possible through a vigilant defense which affords the world the opportunity to drink deeply at the fountain of peace, prosperity and democracy.

Posted by You_Gotta_Be_Kidding_Me


HA! Brilliant counterpoint.


"Camelot!"
"It's only a model."

]]> YGBKM2 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/01/two_examples_of_really_great_outdoor_scu#c598195 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/01/two_examples_of_really_great_outdoor_scu#c598195 Arts Thu, 25 Jan 2007 18:17:45 -0800