Article (with photos of the piece) from a sculptor in New York. Had to share!

[Gimpy]

Had to share this! Its an article about a piece done by a lady sculptor, and her solution to the demand that she 'let it all go' to be able to show her work in New York. An elegant solution that enhanced her work instead of destroy it. (The statue is a female nude, but done beautifully imo.) The critics in New York didn't want any representations of figures, they wanted crap. (Which is, again, my opinion, based on what I've seen that is considered 'good'.) This woman found a way to be heard, and we need more like her.

http://www.mymodernmet.com/profiles/blogs/riveting-story-behind-that

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[dant]

The link is broken, I think.

 

[truth seeker]

The link is broken, I think.

Didn't work for me either. Try the link below or click on the blogs link at the top of the page. Then type riveting story in the search field. Hope that helps.

http://www.mymodernmet.com/profiles/blog/list?q=riveting+story

 

[dugdeep]

The link is broken, I think.

Copy and pasting it works. For some reason if it's clicked it attaches "ftp:" instead of "http:" at the beginning which leads to broken link.

 

[dant]

Interesting. I hovered the mouse over the link and it appears
correctly! Usually (or so I thought), the actual link should appear
in the status-bar at the bottom of the page, but not in this case.

I did a 'source' on the forum and found:
<blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote"><a href="ftp://www.mymodernmet.com/profiles/blogs/riveting-story-behind-that" class="bbc_ftp new_win" target="_blank">
http://www.mymodernmet.com/profiles/blogs/riveting-story-behind-that</a></blockquote>

It appears that {ftp}{/ftp} blockquote was chosen instead of {url}{/url} when it was created?
(I replaced square-brackets with curly brackets so as to display the blockquote properly)

In any case, the copy/paste method works... and thanks!

 

[Tigersoap]

Had to share this! Its an article about a piece done by a lady sculptor, and her solution to the demand that she 'let it all go' to be able to show her work in New York. An elegant solution that enhanced her work instead of destroy it. (The statue is a female nude, but done beautifully imo.) The critics in New York didn't want any representations of figures, they wanted crap. (Which is, again, my opinion, based on what I've seen that is considered 'good'.) This woman found a way to be heard, and we need more like her.

http://www.mymodernmet.com/profiles/blogs/riveting-story-behind-that

I've seen it a few times already so I think her statue resonates quite well with a lot of people.
For what my advice is worth she did well not to bend to the pressure of what sells and keep doing what she likes instead.

 

[dant]

What is that under the neckline to the right - are they
"boils" or something? It appears odd to me. Other than
that, it is an interesting statute.