I feel that if a piece of art requires a lengthy explanation of what the artist is trying to convey then somehow it's a large bit of a failure. And so I turn to this, a grouping called Odyssey which is part of the University's Polish season. They're colourful and at 2.5m they're tall and monumental, they're crudely carved and there's 40 of them; but what's it all about? Hmm? Can you tell just by looking?
Well there's a large sign accompanying this 'work' which tells all and which I did photograph but which I'm not posting because I'm wondering if anyone looking at this could possibly guess what the artist is doing here.
If you give up the artist's website has information on what his intentions were ..... Of course it was a visual arts prizewinner at the Brighton Festival in 2006.
I'm wondering if they're about conformity so that one seeks to not stand out from the crowd. Love both photos! Now I'm going to look at the link to read how far off base I truly am with my guess.
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