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Spoon feeding in the long run teaches us nothing but the shape of the spoon.
E. M. Forster
As far as iconic pieces of public art go, none may be as daringly modern or whimsical as Minneapolis’ iconic Spoonbridge and Cherry.
This giant spoon and cherry was erected in 1985 by artist Claes Oldenburg and his wife, Coosje van Bruggen and is the centerpiece of the Walker Art Center’s Minneapolis Sculpture Garden, the largest urban sculpture park in the world. Oldenburg is an artist who is known for making oversized versions of everyday objects and food products. Together with his wife he set up a number of public sculptures, including Chicago’s Batcolumn sculpture. The spoon was Oldenburg’s idea, who had a habit of doodling spoons ever since 1962 when he was inspired by a spoon resting on a piece of fake chocolate. The cherry in the piece was van Bruggen’s idea, wanting to use it as a comment on the garden’s otherwise staid layout.
The spoon itself weighs 5,800 pounds and the cherry, another 1,200 pounds. The cherry’s stem also acts as a fountain which sprays into the bowl of the spoon and off into the pond beneath. Even the pond itself has meaning, being shaped to resemble a linden seed, drawing attention to the rows of linden trees planted nearby.
The city of Minneapolis seems to have largely embraced the massive sculpture, expressing almost universal outrage when Spoonbridge and Cherry was vandalized in 2012 as part of a “Kony 2012” protest. The artwork was cleaned up and still remains as a somewhat goofy, definitely unforgettable icon of the Minnesota city.
Hydrangea ‘Pink Doodles’. See also the last season's bloom. The flowers are not only in pink but also in blue.
Taken with vintage Zuiko 2/90 macro lens.
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Street photography from Glasgow, Scotland.
Black and white re-edit of an old shot from August 2015. Enjoy!
Hydrangea ‘Pink Doodles’. Unlike the name, this season’s flowers are not only in pink but also in blue.
Pour le plaisir.... on peut toujours analyser le gribouillage. Ou allons-nous? Le gribouillage est maintenant reconnu dans le monde de l'art. Bon dimanche a vous tous. Merci pour vos commetaires.
Doodling for FUN. A doodle is a drawing made while a person's attention is otherwise occupied. Doodles are simple drawings that can have concrete representational meaning or may just be composed of random and abstract ... Happy Sunday to all.
We are still here, just not going anywhere interesting or taking many photos. I've bathed and groomed the girls this week, Evie & Margo have had a light trim, Margo not yet, only paws & face. She's good at being bathed now & getting used to the hair dryer, makes life easier :)
Our bears had a friend stop over for a few days! They called her Doodle Bear, and after a while, I could see why! She had a patch on her hip pocket that said so! She is a VERY big bear, which amazed all our little guys, but she was sweet as a kitten, so everyone enjoyed her!
Safe journeys, Doodle Bear!
Happy Teddy Bear Tuesday!
Doodle Hare by Natasha Hillary Art
From the website:
Over the last year Natasha’s style has developed and changed, during this time one particular project she enjoyed was a personal one, creating a mandala design In posca pens on her childrens craft table and sealing it with resin. The piece resonated with her for three reasons: 1: Her love for henna art and its cultural background (a passion found during the pandemic). 2: Her style as a professional doodle artist 3: Her passion for mindful art and its benefits for the mind and body.
There is a new art trail in Southampton and Winchester this summer. For ten weeks Hares of Hampshire will bring thirty-two large hares and forty-two leverets to the streets, parks, galleries and shops of the two cities.
All money raised by donations and by the auction of the hares at the end of the summer will go to the Murray Parish Trust.
Lately I am enjoying taking images where I seem to do nothing more than set a theme and then lie back and let nature perform her magic. Photographic jazz anyone?
Purple Foxglove. The inside of these flowers, each unique, looks like someone used colored markers to create some tiny imaginative doodles. Give Mother Nature a new crayon set and she goes nuts.
Evie enjoying some early morning sunshine, its been too hot later on but the sunny warm weather is very welcome :)
I had the pleasure of seeing The Doodle Man commence this work earlier this week and come back today to photograph it.
I love it when the Starlings turn and fly either towards me or away from me because they suddenly look like pen and ink doodles. A fraction of a second later they'll be a completely different shape as they turn again.
Two miniature mannequins + a scrap of silk + dried flower petals + Photoshop doodles. Well, it passes the time. :)