[Leica] Granite, Oklahoma

[silver at well.com (David Silver)]

Ken,

They certainly have an appeal of their own, the one seems to be a melding 
of the old (a folk art whirligig of some sort) with the new (a more modern 
metal interpretation of an owl) while the other is pure modern material 
re-purposing, but I think they suffer for lack of a connection to whatever 
they decorate.  Were these things standing alone, topping old barns or 
houses, marking an entrance to somewhere...what?  They appeal, but fail to 
communicate without a context.  Perhaps that context is revealed within 
the cultural experience of Granite itself.  The viewer has no way of 
knowing

Best wishes,

David Silver


On Sun, 15 Jul 2012, Ken Carney wrote:

> Around the town of Granite, I noticed unusual metal sculptures here and
> there, such as these:
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> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/kcarney/sculpture2_scan.jpg.html
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> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/kcarney/P1010006.jpg.html
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> Someone gave me directions to the home of the artist, who was a very
> interesting guy.  When I was there, he was getting ready to leave to work 
> on
> a commission for iron gates for a cemetery in Texas.  He asked if I wanted
> to come along and photograph the project, but I didn't have time.  Here he
> is, with his truck:
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> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/kcarney/P1010012.jpg.html
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> C&C always appreciated.
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> Ken
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