tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1442254671730490997.post7201977631839264848..comments2023-10-05T13:28:44.932+02:00Comments on The Island of the Voices: Wholly UncoveredDawnTreaderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13956409908791716009noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1442254671730490997.post-88276711028087610292010-05-24T00:22:09.305+02:002010-05-24T00:22:09.305+02:00I would just like to reiterate how much I'm en...I would just like to reiterate how much I'm enjoying all these sculpture posts. It's getting to where I almost feel like I'm there.raehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10808097290710098393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1442254671730490997.post-8788865773696838022010-05-23T13:40:35.186+02:002010-05-23T13:40:35.186+02:00thanks for the photos, i don't really care for...thanks for the photos, i don't really care for the dogs/dress they are to much for me. but i actually love the wholly, it speaks to me and took a lot of talent to make it. is it metal? i like swirly things with smooths lines and even like SOME but not much modern art. this post is great, see if you can capture the church through the wholly i want to see it. i love seeing sweden through your eyesMadSnapperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08163140037276496519noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1442254671730490997.post-54376326260658432862010-05-23T10:01:47.494+02:002010-05-23T10:01:47.494+02:00GB, on the whole (ha) I have to say that more than...GB, on the whole (ha) I have to say that more than one sculpture leaves me with that feeling - underwhelmed - big and heavy though some of them may be! <br /><br />But I also agree with Jeannette - I do prefer Wholly to the plastic "toys".<br /><br />Ginny - as for "always something wild and fun happening in Sweden", I don't know about that. I think we often think that about foreign places rather than about the place where we live ourselves. <br /><br />With our town, the truth is that for a very long time it has had a nation-wide reputation of being exceptionally boring. (So boring that people actually laugh at us!) Over the past few years, considerable effort has been put into changing that reputation. And lately it does seem to be paying off. The sculptures are part of that. I can't say I like all of them, but there is a conscious strategy behind it to collect works by world famous artists. <br /><br />As for putting a temporary fence around the sculptures in the park, for one thing that would just be seen as a challenge (it would take more than a "temporary" fence to keep people out if they were really set on vandalizing them), and for another (even I can see that!) a fence would totally change the whole visual impression. You are supposed to be able to get close to them and touch them. Just not climb them and break things off! <br /><br />About the naked guy in the river, as I said in the post my first guess would be a stag party (for someone getting married). Or possibly some other kind of challenge or bet. I removed the possibility to click on this one... I think you "get the picture" anyway ;)DawnTreaderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13956409908791716009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1442254671730490997.post-74489573558529512442010-05-23T06:16:47.860+02:002010-05-23T06:16:47.860+02:00I like the new sculpture very much for it forms - ...I like the new sculpture very much for it forms - it's ions away for me from the "toys." Do yo know what the purpose was of the uncovered guy?Jeannette StGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07951617490107614687noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1442254671730490997.post-34535982621062792342010-05-23T01:35:30.464+02:002010-05-23T01:35:30.464+02:00It seems like there's always somehting wild an...It seems like there's always somehting wild and fun happening in Sweden? Am I right? It seems like a great place to live. I'm so glad to finally see under the covering! It must have taken a lot of work, it's so smooth and seamless. I think the kids would be really tempted to crawl through the holes! Is that a man with no pants??? I tried to enlarge that picture, but no luck! This whole thing is just so wacky!! You must be cracked up all the time. The round the clock guards must cost a pretty penny, why don't they just put a temporary fence around it?Ginny Hartzlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09329131153403895625noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1442254671730490997.post-27519990193382070612010-05-22T22:25:21.779+02:002010-05-22T22:25:21.779+02:00I like your follow through of the word Wholly rath...I like your follow through of the word Wholly rather better than the sculpture itself. Underwhelming I thought.<br /><br />As for the dogs and skirt....<br /><br />I look forward to some of the others because you have had some great sculptures posts in the past.<br /><br />Must have been cold in the river!Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.com