1. Day Out At Yorkshire Sculpture Park.

    Today as part of my wonderful course I went to Yorkshire Sculpture Park, which was nice as I’ve been before as I live near it so felt like coming home.

    I always find it interesting going to the park as I always find something new and fascinating. The four photo’s are just my particular favourites of today. There is of course the Henry Moore sculptures that are always there but are still beautiful.

    The first picture is Aeneas Wilders Untitled #155. What fascinated me about this piece is that it is all free standing, its not glued or nailed together so one slight knock and it all goes down. Apparently took 200 hours to complete and 10,000 pieces of wood. Today they were knocking it down, would like to have stayed and seen how they did that. Its all about renewal and the process of construction (and eventual destruction) and it certainly effects the viewer, made me feel dizzy walking round.

    The 2nd and 3rd pieces are by Jaume Plensa. They are both quite visually surreal when seen in person. In the Midst of Dreams looks both solid and fragile at the same time. The light in the room is white although my photo makes it look green (sorry) The head all have words on them reflecting the inner thoughts (mostly to do with inner turmoil and stresses) which coincides with the inner illuminations to a great effect. The Alabaster Heads I found really interesting, they look to me like projections, they are quite visually challenging as you’re not quite sure what you’re looking at. The elongation adds to this. Also the smoothness of their features juxtaposes with the rough natural stone around and behind the heads.

    The final image is Héros de Lumière (Hero of Light) by Igor Mitoraj, I was instantly struck by the beauty of the piece. His work is influenced by classical and Renaissance sculpture, and the ideals of classical beauty. It stands out from the rest of the park as its a stark white piece mixed in with the greens of the country side and bronze sculptures.

    Anyway I think I’ve bored everyone enough, hope some people found it interesting :)

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Hey my name is Bethany and this is just a space for me to share the jumbled mess in my head and anything that's interesting, funny or just plain weird.
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