This week my Snap is 4 photos of one object. During our Adventure outing on Saturday the 11th, we came across this art installation. It was quite large & I doubt my photos convey how large it really is. Art amazes me, art inspires me & art also baffles me, but I think everyone can agree that this is quite a show piece. There was no explanation of why this art is on the outside of a building.
Sheba is a monument piece of work, created by Gabrielle Horvath by plaster bandage casting a live elephant, then rendering it in bronze in an abstract pattern of negative & positive space. The lacy, almost filgree-like texture stands in stark contrast to the enormous mass it implies. The actual elephant was not harmed in any way during the plaster bandage casting.
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| Sheba in Bronze |
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| Close up of Sheba's foot - the artist has signed the piece in the toe nail |
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Elephant art pieces, I have heard are lucky & must be turned to face the east, especially if their trunks are raised, Sheba is facing east with her trunk raised.
a fabulous piece - I love the detail as well as the whole
ReplyDeleteMy MIL collects elephants - I'm sure she'd find this piece fascinating!
ReplyDeletecool sculpture..but it must have been weird for the elephant!!
ReplyDeleteI love seeing the details of the brass, and I certainly did not know about the installation of elephant art. My new fact of the day!
ReplyDeleteI have a soft spot for elephants. What a project for the artist, and a nice piece to come across too, no doubt. I hope this stands up to the elements.
ReplyDeleteIt looks amazing: not sure what the elephant must have thought though..
ReplyDeleteI never knew that about elephant art pieces ... The filigree work is fascinating. I'd have loved to see just how it was done!
ReplyDeleteThat is quite some piece of artwork and must have been a pretty patient elephant.
ReplyDeleteI have a small (ish) collection of (small!) elephants too and always make sure they face the window or door if theres no window as instructed by my Father-in-law. He had a vast collection. I really really love this piece and wonder what the elephant thought, maybe it felt like a mud bath?
ReplyDeleteThat is truly amazing
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