One of the things which struck me immediately when I visited Taiwan was that they always got sculptures in their public parks. We've got many more government parks now than we had twenty years ago. But we don't find that many sculptures in them. The Kowloon Park seems an exception. It got one whole section devoted to sculptures by local artists.
This man with a scratched shoulder is found in front of a small resting area next to the "scupture park". He needs protection for his arms, his legs, his body but not his head, his feet and his fingers. Why the exceptions? What is that triangle. Why is he touching it? Is it the PRC/Britain, Taiwan and HK within a circular globe or is it a clock? Or is the triangle the pointer of a sundial to mark time?
Three different sculptures side by side. Two birds in the middle?
a torso with a partly cut off arm. A modern version of a truncated Venus?
The dance of Heaven and Earth by Chu Tat Shing. The influence of Chu Ming is obvious.
Another view of the dance.
A "Figure" by To Shui Ming. A Hong Kong Henry Moore?
"A Growing Shell" by Eva Drewett.
Another view of the shell. A covered face and a mouth?
The other side of the shell.
"A Water Bird" by Lai Yat Fong, in white marble. Trying to take off from the surface of the water?
Yin Yang by Slamet Witjakson in steel. A vagina enclosed by the ancient "sword" (phallic symbol) coin?
"Budding" by Chu Kai Ming. A sprouting bean?
The other side of the sprouting bean.
"Crab" by Cheung Yee in bronze. Huge legs and claws for a tiny body?
"Nothing" by Lau Yau Kuen. Those eyes. Seen through the appearance of "reality"?
Another view of "Nothing". Enlightenment built on top of pain?
A close up of "Nothing". Better close one's eyes upon "reality"?
Another human figure? Is that a rifle from his belly to his face?
A "natural" head of a column?
Part of a steel sculpture.
A close up of that sculpture.
Two figures hugging each other?
A pure form? Or two figures joined in dance over a void?
A "man's eye view" of part of the sculpture park.
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回覆刪除[版主回覆06/21/2012 20:56:38]Yes, they're quite beautiful, with long slender legs and elegant white feathers. The sculpture park is on the other side from the pond, close to the Nathan Road side..
Superb!
回覆刪除[版主回覆06/22/2012 08:47:34]Thank you so much,
didn't know kownloon park has that many great sculptures, i have to go visit next time when i back to hk! The "Crab" one looks familiar thou, i thought Japan has something similar but bigger too
回覆刪除[版主回覆06/22/2012 08:48:53]Yeah. Good idea. It's so near, just right next to the Tsimshatsui MTR exit.
The first sculpture is a rendition of William Blake’s famous painting “Newton” in which Newton is shown sitting naked and crouched on a rocky. His attention is focused upon diagrams he draws with a compass upon a scroll that appears to unravel from his mouth.
回覆刪除Traces of other master sculptors’ works are all too obvious: Chu Ming, Henry Moore, etc.
What a shame that up to now I still haven’t set foot on Kowloon Park after so many years of being a HKgese. Must go one day fully equipped with my photographic gears.
Thanks for sharing.
[Peter回覆06/22/2012 18:41:03]Blake painted different version of "Newton". The one I referred to is a naked Newton.
[版主回覆06/22/2012 18:37:09]You're probably right about that figure in the first photo but there are obvious differences too. In Blake's drawing, the man is clothed in a "classical" flowing robe and there is a divider, the kind we used in mathematics when in high school. But the postures of Blake's crouching figure and in particular, the finger pointing to the ground in front of his body cannot be more obvious. Blake's figure seems far more gentle than the fighter figure at the Kowloon Park. Thank you so much for pointing out a possible origin of that bronze figure at the park. at finger