Cementhenge
With its unusual pillars, trapped children sculptures, and pieces of metal that look like they were punched from inside, set into the columns, the sculpture garden at 210 N. Palmetto Avenue in Daytona Beach is reminiscent of Stonehenge! What seem to be randomly set art pieces, are juxtaposed for visual effect, and are wonderful to view.
Many thoughts come to mind when viewing these sculptures. Phrases like, "nothing's set in stone", or "childhood dreams", "pillars of society" and others, make you wonder just what the artist DID have in mind when putting this together. I think it means something different to different people, and since we tend to personalize and internalize our experiences, I believe each person could have a very individual interpretation.
For me, being a very concrete, but artistic thinker, these sculptures, especially those of the children, whose body parts seem to be stuck in concrete, represent a viewpoint of not being allowed to go any farther. It's like those childhood dreams died, and were replaced by the cold, hard reality that this is the way things will be. Perhaps it's just because of my own life experience. I would hope the artist was more hopeful than that!
Whatever the images mean, they are interesting and add some whimsy to the downtown area, albeit a more somber kind.
This is facing East, towards downtown Beach Street, in the heart of Daytona.
Cementhenge
With its unusual pillars, trapped children sculptures, and pieces of metal that look like they were punched from inside, set into the columns, the sculpture garden at 210 N. Palmetto Avenue in Daytona Beach is reminiscent of Stonehenge! What seem to be randomly set art pieces, are juxtaposed for visual effect, and are wonderful to view.
Many thoughts come to mind when viewing these sculptures. Phrases like, "nothing's set in stone", or "childhood dreams", "pillars of society" and others, make you wonder just what the artist DID have in mind when putting this together. I think it means something different to different people, and since we tend to personalize and internalize our experiences, I believe each person could have a very individual interpretation.
For me, being a very concrete, but artistic thinker, these sculptures, especially those of the children, whose body parts seem to be stuck in concrete, represent a viewpoint of not being allowed to go any farther. It's like those childhood dreams died, and were replaced by the cold, hard reality that this is the way things will be. Perhaps it's just because of my own life experience. I would hope the artist was more hopeful than that!
Whatever the images mean, they are interesting and add some whimsy to the downtown area, albeit a more somber kind.
This is facing East, towards downtown Beach Street, in the heart of Daytona.