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The good news is that the restoration of the Oscar Wilde installation has been completed with the return of the two minor bronzes to their plinths. The stone plinths or pillars are covered in quotations from Wilde. One has a bronze figure of a pregnant naked woman kneeling on the top, while the other has a bronze male torso. My understanding is that they indicate Wilde's ambiguous sexuality and aesthetic sensibilities.
The other bit of good news is that the orientation of the female nude has been corrected. NOTE: The female nude is Oscar’s wife [Constance Lloyd] who was six months pregnant when Oscar had his first homosexual encounter. Originally she was facing Oscar but someone tried to steal the bronze and when the authorities restored it they installed it facing the wrong direction and then the tour guides came up with stories to explain why she had turned her back on her husband. She is facing a different direction now but I am not 100% convinced that one could claim that she is now facing Oscar … maybe she should be on the other plinth.
The great man reclines on a rock and is positioned so that he is looking at the last house on the north side of Merrion Square, the house where he once lived. The statue is made from stone of different colours - for example, Wilde's jacket is green stone with red stone cuffs.
Dezember 2012
Oscar Wild(e) verwechselte heute den Schnee mit einer weißen Flauschdecke. - Oscar Wild(e), mixing up the snow with a soft blanket
Old School Cut & Paste (Scissors & Glue) collage. Created for the weekly themed blog The Kollage Kit.
This week's theme: Homage to Hannah Hoch
The Thames nocturne of blue and gold
Changed to a Harmony in grey:
A barge with ochre-coloured hay
Dropt from the wharf: and chill and cold
The yellow fog came creeping down
The bridges, till the houses' walls
Seemed changed to shadows and St. Paul's
Loomed like a bubble o'er the town.
Then suddenly arose the clang
Of waking life; the streets were stirred
With country waggons: and a bird
Flew to the glistening roofs and sang.
But one pale woman all alone,
The daylight kissing her wan hair,
Loitered beneath the gas lamps' flare,
With lips of flame and heart of stone.
On November 30, 1900, Oscar Wilde died in the back alley, run down Hôtel d'Alsace (now . remodeled & christened L'HOTEL ) , on RUE BEAUX ARTS in Paris.
It is just off the Seine, near Notre Dame.
Room 16 has the original furnishings including OSCAR's death bed and its 'only' 600 euros a night. The room has a balcony, receiving room, bedroom, and yes, even the original wallpaper remains.
Before falling so ill, Oscar stated, "I can write, but have lost the joy of writing". He spent much time wandering the Boulevards alone, and spent what little money he had on alcohol.
Wilde was sufficiently confined to his hotel to remark, on one of his final trips outside, "My wallpaper and I are fighting a duel to the death. One of us has got to go." He passed away on November 30, 1900.
After several years, he was is buried in Pere LaChaise in a monumental tomb. The 'flying angel' is a depiction of Oscar.
It has been defaced many times. The most famous defacement is the missing humongous erect penis ( see photo ) . There are tons of rumors of its demise.
ADDA would like to give you insight to its more current defacement of the LIPSTICK KISSES. You see, since I've been going to Paris in the 1970s, Oscar's tomb is a necessary pilgrimage .
There have been many fun encounters, such as the author gentleman who's family purchased the plot across the way from Oscar's tomb. He will also be buried there, across from Oscar.
There was a cruising encounter with a young man trying to lure your ADDA among the graves behind Oscar. I'm sure Oscar Wilde would approve, though, I did not.
Though the BEST encounter is finding the person who started the LIPSTICK KISSES on the statue ! Yes, of course your ADDA would bump into the person who created such a madness of graffiti LIPSTICK KISSES. ( Now, to prevent further defacement, OSCAR's tomb is now encircled by a clear protective barrier. )
So, WHO started this LIPSTICK KISSES GRAFFITI phenomenon?
A twisted , bizarre woman would visit the tomb almost every day. It was after the third time in one month I noticed IT WAS the same 30ish woman who approached OSCAR's tomb and left a note and gave the tomb a fresh LIPSTICK KISS . (It is easy to notice there are lipstick kisses that are the SAME COLOR on the tomb.)
On the third chance of spotting this woman, ADDA decided to approach the person, and 'chat'. I presented myself as an admirer of OSCAR WILDE, and I presume 'you are , too'.
OH MY...she opened her mouth, if one can call that it, for it had the most jumbled array of teeth one has ever seen. It looked like a cavern of stalagmites. My eyes must of popped out of my head in amazement and disgust. She did not notice that for her eyes were rolling every which way. She spoke in the most alien speak one has ever heard. The woman was a true 'case'. Needless to say, being ever so frightened, I took a few steps back for she clearly was someone that should not be approached.
She gibbered incomprehensibly, then frantically whipped out her lipstick, put it on, and kissed the tomb..... matching the many other times she did the same thing.
I was completely taken aback for she seemed to forget that I was next to her. She lovingly touched the tomb, and then walked away, still chatting to herself.
It dawned on me, that this person has found love and adoration in Oscar Wilde's tomb for clearly it would be incomprehensible that anyone would be able to form a connection with this person. In her fantasy world, she has found her friend. Her lover. OSCAR WILDE, was the sole recipient of her 'alien tears'...and 'outcast mourning',
. .
(Her photo is shown, along with the hotel, the tomb, & the product of Oscar's circumcision.)
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These images may look a bit strange and distorted as they were produced using a 14mm lens.
In 2016 I mentioned that the restoration of the Oscar Wilde installation had been completed with the return of the two minor bronzes to their plinths. The stone plinths or pillars are covered in quotations from Wilde. One has a bronze figure of a pregnant naked woman kneeling on the top, while the other has a bronze male torso. One explanation is that they indicate Wilde's ambiguous sexuality and aesthetic sensibilities.
At the time I also reported that the orientation of the female nude has been corrected. It should be noted that the female nude is Oscar’s wife [Constance Lloyd] who was male torsowhen Oscar had his first homosexual encounter. Originally she was facing Oscar but someone tried to steal the bronze and when the authorities restored it they installed it facing the wrong direction and then the tour guides came up with stories to explain why she had turned her back on her husband.
She is facing a different direction now but I am not 100% convinced that one could claim that she is now facing Oscar. Maybe she should be on the other plinth.
The sculptor Danny Osborne used complementary colour stones and also sought out stones with varying textures to give a more lifelike representation of Oscar Wilde than you would find in a conventional statue.
Wilde’s jacket is green stone which is complemented by red stone cuffs. The sculpture includes two stone pillars which are covered in quotations by Oscar Wilde. Placed on top of the pillars are two sculptures, one of the sculptures is a bronze figure of a pregnant naked woman kneeling this represents Oscars wife Constance, while the other pillar has a bronze male torso.
The two pillars which flank Oscar Wilde on both sides are used to set out his thoughts, opinions, witticisms on art and life for all to see and judge. These quotes were selected by a mixture of poets, public figures, artists, and scientists, who use Wilde’s own words to pay tribute to him.
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Oscar Wilde, full-length portrait, standing, facing front, leaning against a wall, hands behind back. No. 14. Photograph by Napoleon Sarony, New York, ca. 1882.
Taken from the U.S. Library of Congress.
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[PD] This picture is in the public domain.
What would a conversation with Oscar Wilde have been like, Sculpture in Adelaide Street near Covent Garden London Town, so its curiosity wondering this, a man with such wit…..
The former Irish Ferries Rosslare to Cherbourg/Roscoff cruise ferry leaves Belfast for a new career with GNV in the Mediterranean. Oscar Wilde was the last in a long line of Irish Ferries and Irish Continental Line vessels which operated from Rosslare to France. Her effective replacement, W.B Yeats, serves Dublin instead of Rosslare.
Will Durant, "The greatest question of our time is not communism vs. individualism, not Europe vs. America, not even the East vs. the West; it is whether men can bear to live without God."
Portrait of a Soul
In the novel The Picture of Dorian Gray, Oscar Wilde describes an exceptionally handsome young man so captivating that he drew the awe-stricken adulation of a great artist. The artist asked him to be the subject of a portrait for he had never seen a face so attractive and so pure. When the painting was completed, young Dorian became so enraptured by his own looks that he wistfully intoned how wonderful it would be if he could live any way he pleased but that no disfigurement of a lawless lifestyle would mar the picture of his own countenance. If only the portrait would grow old and he himself could remain unscathed by time and way of life. In Faustian style he was willing to trade his soul for that wish.
One day, alone and pensive, Dorian went up to the attic and uncovered the portrait that he had kept hidden for so many years, only to be shocked by what he saw. Horror, hideousness, and blood marred the portrait.
The charade came to an end when the artist himself saw the picture. It told the story. He pled with Dorian to come clean, saying, "Does it not say somewhere, 'Though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow'?" But in a fit of rage to silence this voice of conscience, Dorian grabbed a knife and killed the artist.
There was now only one thing left for him to do; he took the knife to remove the only visible reminder of his wicked life. But the moment he thrust the blade into the canvas, the portrait returned to its pristine beauty, while Dorian lay stabbed to death on the floor. The ravages that had marred the picture now so disfigured him that even his servants could no longer recognize him.
What a brilliant illustration of how a soul, though invisible, can nonetheless be tarnished. I wonder, if there were to be a portrait of my soul or your soul, how would it best be depicted? Does not the conscience sting, when we think in these terms? Though we have engineered many ways of avoiding physical consequences, how does one cleanse the soul?
Today we find a limitless capacity to raise the question of evil as we see it outside ourselves, but often hold an equal unwillingness to address the evil within us. I once sat on the top floor of a huge corporate building owned by a very successful businessman. Our entire conversation revolved around his reason for unbelief: that there was so much darkness and corruption in this world and a seemingly silent God. Suddenly interrupting the dialogue, a friend of mine said to him, "Since evil troubles you so much, I would be curious to know what you have done with the evil you see within you." There was red-faced silence.
We too, face Dorian Gray's predicament. Sooner or later, a duplicitous life reveals the cost. The soul is not forever invisible. But there is one who can cleanse and restore us. The Christian way gives us extraordinary insight into this subject of our soul-struggle, as God deals with the heart of the issue one life at a time. Indeed, hear the words of the prophet Isaiah to which Oscar Wilde alluded: "'Come now, let us reason together,' says the LORD. 'Though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red as crimson, they shall be like wool" (1:18). God upholds the solution asking only that we come "willing and obedient," ready to "come and wash" (1:19,16). So come, willingly and obediently, and find God's rejoinder to the marred portrait within. The greatest artist of all speaks even today.
Ravi Zacharias
"We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars." - Oscar Wilde Lady Windermere's Fan, 1892, Act III
I love this quote, and I notice it’s in already, quite right it was always going to be a popular one
But for me, it didn’t turn out as I had expected, I dropped glitter to try and get bokeh flare, the closest to the effect that I had hoped for is in comments, I didn’t get the density of sparkle in the air with enough snooted light to make this work, I have just a single flash I used bits of paper to snoot, which ended up colouring the light, which was quite interesting for future reference, the toys ended up caked in glitter that was a pain to reset..
So trickier than I had hoped, most of the sparkle shown is just scattered on a black surface, I'd have to be able to invest more time and kit to grab what I wanted.. such is life
Staring a Teddy (below) and Pepper pig,
*** Question for you, is Pepper Known outside of UK?
Lighting, 580exII Off camera through diffuser + 1 LED torch.
Macro Mondays shot theme : Oscar Wilde quotes
Stena Line's Stena Superfast X arrives into Dublin Port on her regular sailing from Holyhead with Irish Ferries Oscar Wilde following close behind, on her late running service from Cherbourg.
Sea conditions were fairly windy, indeed Poolbeg was fairly,Wild.
November 2018
The Oscar Wilde Memorial (1997)
By Danny Osborne
Commissioned by the Guinness Ireland Group
The lens that I used is very sharp so you can now read the quotes on the black pillars if you view the higher resolution versions of the photographs.
I assume that that restoration work is underway as the two small bronze figures are missing from the two pillars which appear to be in better condition than they were the last time I paid a visit to the park.
Oscar Wilde’s (1854-1900) rich and dramatic portrayals of the human condition have made him one of Ireland’s most popular and loved writer’s. His short stories, plays and poems continue to inspire and entertain people the world over. This memorial fittingly captures Wilde’s dramatic and audacious personality. Commissioned by the Guinness Ireland Group, and created by Irish sculptor Danny Osborne, the memo- rial took almost two and a half years from conception to completion. Geologists, quarry owners, glass workers and foundries from all over the world were consulted. Osborne used complementary colour stones and also sought out stones with varying textures to give a much more lifelike representation of Wilde than in a conventional statue.
These stones and materials include bronze, glass, granite, jade, porcelain, quartz and thulite. As one can see Wilde’s green jacket of nephrite jade from Canada, is complimented by red cuffs made of thulite from Norway. The sculpture is accompanied by two stone pillars which are covered in quotations of Wilde’s writing. These quotes set out these thoughts, opinions and witticisms on art and life. The quotes were selected by a mixture of poets, public figures and artists who use Wilde’s own words to pay tribute to him. The etchings of the chosen quotes copy the personal handwriting of figures including Seamus Heaney, John B. Keane and President Michael D. Higgins. Placed on top of the pillars are two small bronze sculptures, one of a pregnant woman who represents Wilde’s wife Constance and the theme of life, staring accusingly across the path at her husband, while the other is a male torso representing Dionysus and the theme of art. With Wilde, reclining on his rocky perch, facing towards his childhood home at No. 1 Merrion Square.
Danny Osborne has worked as a very successful full time artist since 1971. He has travelled extensively, participated in expeditions to the Arctic, Andes and the Himalayas, and has documented his experiences through painting and sculpture. Osborne’s sculptures tend to be created using a variety of stones and porcelain like The Oscar Wilde Memorial.
On Tuesday, September 3rd we gathered the cast of the upcoming performance on a beautiful property built in 1911 in full costume on a 100 degree day and make plates. With the assistance of Randy Estudillo we made 8x10 tintype portraits of 5 actors and two group images for use in the promotional materials for the play. It was a super busy day with temperatures near 100 degrees outside and likely 110+ in the tent where we processed the plates. I'd like to say that everything went perfectly, but unfortunately the temperatures negatively affected our chemicals and made the day quite the challenge. In the end, however, we were able to get what we needed.
Behind the scenes video here: youtu.be/WJnS5sHpGQ0
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The Oscar Wilde Memorial (1997)
By Danny Osborne
Commissioned by the Guinness Ireland Group
The lens that I used is very sharp so you can now read the quotes on the black pillars if you view the higher resolution versions of the photographs.
I assume that that restoration work is underway as the two small bronze figures are missing from the two pillars which appear to be in better condition than they were the last time I paid a visit to the park.
Oscar Wilde’s (1854-1900) rich and dramatic portrayals of the human condition have made him one of Ireland’s most popular and loved writer’s. His short stories, plays and poems continue to inspire and entertain people the world over. This memorial fittingly captures Wilde’s dramatic and audacious personality. Commissioned by the Guinness Ireland Group, and created by Irish sculptor Danny Osborne, the memo- rial took almost two and a half years from conception to completion. Geologists, quarry owners, glass workers and foundries from all over the world were consulted. Osborne used complementary colour stones and also sought out stones with varying textures to give a much more lifelike representation of Wilde than in a conventional statue.
These stones and materials include bronze, glass, granite, jade, porcelain, quartz and thulite. As one can see Wilde’s green jacket of nephrite jade from Canada, is complimented by red cuffs made of thulite from Norway. The sculpture is accompanied by two stone pillars which are covered in quotations of Wilde’s writing. These quotes set out these thoughts, opinions and witticisms on art and life. The quotes were selected by a mixture of poets, public figures and artists who use Wilde’s own words to pay tribute to him. The etchings of the chosen quotes copy the personal handwriting of figures including Seamus Heaney, John B. Keane and President Michael D. Higgins. Placed on top of the pillars are two small bronze sculptures, one of a pregnant woman who represents Wilde’s wife Constance and the theme of life, staring accusingly across the path at her husband, while the other is a male torso representing Dionysus and the theme of art. With Wilde, reclining on his rocky perch, facing towards his childhood home at No. 1 Merrion Square.
Danny Osborne has worked as a very successful full time artist since 1971. He has travelled extensively, participated in expeditions to the Arctic, Andes and the Himalayas, and has documented his experiences through painting and sculpture. Osborne’s sculptures tend to be created using a variety of stones and porcelain like The Oscar Wilde Memorial.
OSCAR WILDE (October 16, 1854 -November 30, 1900)
101 views of OSCAR WILDE's TOMB at PERE LACHAISE Cemetery in Paris.
the story of the statue is a wild one....for it has folklore on its own...the 'winged angel' represents Oscar Wilde with it's enormous erect 'man part'. At the turn of the 1900's this scandalized paris.
only recently, the late 1980's onward, copious women have kissed his grave leaving their lipstick marks. it seems more likely that OSCAR would appreciate guys pressing their lips to his grave. so when ADDA DADA first visited his grave back in the 1980's, he placed a nice smack on OSCAR's grave...sans lipstick, though, for ADDA never could find the right color...
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OSCAR WILDE passed away on November 30, 1900, in L'HOTEL on RUE BEAUX ARTS in ROOM 16.
The room still has the original furnishings including OSCARS death bed. One night is now only 600 euros ($900)! Don't think it is a little hovel of a room. It has a balcony; receiving room, and THE bedroom, which, yes, still has the original wallpaper!
"EITHER THAT WALLPAPER GOES OR I DO" was OSCARS last words on November 30, 1900.
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OSCAR WILDE
Born October 16, 1854 DUBLIN
Died November 30, 1900 PARIS
Oscar's body had to wait 9 years in Bagneaux cemetery while the tomb was being prepared and various protests were held. WILDE's remains were finally transferred to PERE LACHAISE on July 19, 1909. (The doctors had advised that OSCAR be buried in quicklime to reduce the body to bone before the transfer. Instead, the substance preserved him, shocking the gravediggers, for his hair and beard had even grown longer.)
it took artist JACOB EPSTEIN three years to sculpt his monument, which represents OSCAR WILDE as a 'winged messenger'. It is done in the egyptian art deco style. When EPSTEIN arrived to put the finishing touches on the statue, he found it shrouded and guarded by police for the cemetery conservator had found it 'indecent' and they wanted it banned & removed !
the statue had an erect penis !
officials refused to bow to public intellectual pressure until an acceptable alteration was made-so a plaque of a fig leaf was put over the 'privates' making them private.
the tomb was FINALLY unveiled in 1914, but by 1922 the erect penis had hacked away! The fig leaf as well as a substantial portion of the stone penis lay beneath.
(rumor has it that the conservator, after finding the parts at the monument's base, was supposed to have used them as paperweight)
OSCAR WILDE's poem , THE BALLAD OF READING GAOL is engraved on the back of the tomb:
and alien tears will fill for him
pity's long broken urn
for his mourners will be outcast men
and outcasts always mourn.
OSCAR WILDE (October 16, 1854 -November 30, 1900)
101 views of OSCAR WILDE's TOMB at PERE LACHAISE Cemetery in Paris.
the story of the statue is a wild one....for it has folklore on its own...the 'winged angel' represents Oscar Wilde with it's enormous erect 'man part'. At the turn of the 1900's this scandalized paris.
only recently, the late 1980's onward, copious women have kissed his grave leaving their lipstick marks. it seems more likely that OSCAR would appreciate guys pressing their lips to his grave. so when ADDA DADA first visited his grave back in the 1980's, he placed a nice smack on OSCAR's grave...sans lipstick, though, for ADDA never could find the right color...
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OSCAR WILDE passed away on November 30, 1900, in L'HOTEL on RUE BEAUX ARTS in ROOM 16.
The room still has the original furnishings including OSCARS death bed. One night is now only 600 euros ($900)! Don't think it is a little hovel of a room. It has a balcony; receiving room, and THE bedroom, which, yes, still has the original wallpaper!
"EITHER THAT WALLPAPER GOES OR I DO" was OSCARS last words on November 30, 1900.
-------------------------
OSCAR WILDE
Born October 16, 1854 DUBLIN
Died November 30, 1900 PARIS
Oscar's body had to wait 9 years in Bagneaux cemetery while the tomb was being prepared and various protests were held. WILDE's remains were finally transferred to PERE LACHAISE on July 19, 1909. (The doctors had advised that OSCAR be buried in quicklime to reduce the body to bone before the transfer. Instead, the substance preserved him, shocking the gravediggers, for his hair and beard had even grown longer.)
it took artist JACOB EPSTEIN three years to sculpt his monument, which represents OSCAR WILDE as a 'winged messenger'. It is done in the egyptian art deco style. When EPSTEIN arrived to put the finishing touches on the statue, he found it shrouded and guarded by police for the cemetery conservator had found it 'indecent' and they wanted it banned & removed !
the statue had an erect penis !
officials refused to bow to public intellectual pressure until an acceptable alteration was made-so a plaque of a fig leaf was put over the 'privates' making them private.
the tomb was FINALLY unveiled in 1914, but by 1922 the erect penis had hacked away! The fig leaf as well as a substantial portion of the stone penis lay beneath.
(rumor has it that the conservator, after finding the parts at the monument's base, was supposed to have used them as paperweight)
OSCAR WILDE's poem , THE BALLAD OF READING GAOL is engraved on the back of the tomb:
and alien tears will fill for him
pity's long broken urn
for his mourners will be outcast men
and outcasts always mourn.
One of Oscar Wilde's most famous quotes is "I can resist everything except temptation." It comes from his 1892 play LADY WINDERMERE'S FAN. If you're a fan of Oscar (as I am), you probably know three other famous quotes from that play. You'll find all of them in this post on my www.ThisDayinQuotes.com site. -> www.thisdayinquotes.com/2011/02/cynic-is-man-who-knows-pr...
The good news is that the restoration of the Oscar Wilde installation has been completed with the return of the two minor bronzes to their plinths. The stone plinths or pillars are covered in quotations from Wilde. One has a bronze figure of a pregnant naked woman kneeling on the top, while the other has a bronze male torso. My understanding is that they indicate Wilde's ambiguous sexuality and aesthetic sensibilities.
The other bit of good news is that the orientation of the female nude has been corrected. NOTE: The female nude is Oscar’s wife [Constance Lloyd] who was six months pregnant when Oscar had his first homosexual encounter. Originally she was facing Oscar but someone tried to steal the bronze and when the authorities restored it they installed it facing the wrong direction and then the tour guides came up with stories to explain why she had turned her back on her husband. She is facing a different direction now but I am not 100% convinced that one could claim that she is now facing Oscar … maybe she should be on the other plinth.
The great man reclines on a rock and is positioned so that he is looking at the last house on the north side of Merrion Square, the house where he once lived. The statue is made from stone of different colours - for example, Wilde's jacket is green stone with red stone cuffs.