Continuing my shots taken in Sydney recently, where I attended the Sydney Writers' Festival - the above caption is the title of this artwork created at the forecourt of the Opera House for the 2004 Sydney Biennale, when the artist dropped the boulder onto the car using a crane. It was afterwards moved to this roundabout in Walsh Bay as an outdoor sculpture display. There are signs nearby informing viewers that it is an artwork, not a real accident. I must say, I was taken aback when I first saw it last year. Now that I've got used to it, I appreciate its quirkiness. Love the face.
Such fun. This kind of quirky art I can stand ... and understand. Attention-grabbing without being totally obscure, and the face does serve to lessen the shock!
Great photo Robin, I love the autumn colours of those trees behind. Eye catching sculpture, I think the face detracts from the overall concept of it though. It must have been added so that people didn't keep calling emergency services :)
@lanina Thanks, Nina. Yes, I think that was part of the concept. The artist apparently said, before painting the face: 'To my way of thinking if the stone is simply a stone without a face it becomes a gesture but with the face painted on it, the work develops a strange narrative. ' I do know that when they see the face, people feel less bothered about it.
It's interesting to me how the older I get the more I appreciate quirky art...perhaps because I'm finally learning to appreciate my own quirkiness more and letting go of convention. This is a wonderful find...just enough shock value without being over the top. Very cool. :) Hope you had a marvelous time at the Writer's Festival!
@peggysirk Thanks, Peggy. Wonderful festival; saw and listened to many of your intellectual countrymen and women who travelled all the way to Oz to talk about their work and their thinking on various issues. Very stimulating and great fun.
