January 2, 2011

Dan Downes' Pick: Lord Frederic Leighton's "An Athlete Wrestling with a Python"

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Once again I invited an Objectivist to host this blog for the day and today's art object was chosen by Dan Downes. If would like to host this blog for a day, feel free to email me here.




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4 comments:

  1. DanJanuary 2, 2011 at 12:03 PM

    Thanks again for inviting me to nominate an art work.

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  2. TenureJanuary 2, 2011 at 1:02 PM

    Funnily enough, I saw this over the summer, at the Tate in London.

    Some snaps I took of it, if you'd like greater detail:

    http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash2/hs208.ash2/47153_10150266300075447_686820446_14653411_3395574_n.jpg

    http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs649.snc4/60974_10150266300090447_686820446_14653412_6615030_n.jpg

    http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs404.snc4/46677_10150266299995447_686820446_14653407_3307295_n.jpg

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  3. DanJanuary 3, 2011 at 12:28 PM

    That's where I encountered it!

    In the same room was a 'sculpture' called 'oak tree' which was a glass of water on a shelf bout 7 or 8 feet up, with a board telling viewers that it is (not that it represents, but that it IS) an oak tree. Why the hell anyone would choose non-objective art is beyond me.

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  4. TenureJanuary 8, 2011 at 9:02 AM

    In the Tate of all places... I mean, there's the Tate Modern over on the Southbank which is supposed to be reserved for all that crap. :P

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