Here are some photos of the new sculpture on the malecon down and across from the Los Arcos Hotel in La Paz.
Another view
bajalera - 3-28-2007 at 10:35 AM
Another view of the sculpture
sculpture
bajalera - 3-28-2007 at 10:37 AM
The fine detail of the mermaid's scales
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Natalie Ann - 3-28-2007 at 10:50 AM
Always I enjoy the La Paz Malecon sculptures... and what a marvelous new addition! The scales are so detailed - perfect! Thank you for sharing
these, Lera.
Do you perchance know who is the artist?Packoderm - 3-28-2007 at 10:54 AM
It looks like her legs are more separate than a true mermaid. How would you fillet something like that?osoflojo - 3-28-2007 at 12:19 PM
Amazing, what is it made of? Copper, Aluminum ?bajalera - 3-28-2007 at 12:22 PM
I don't know zip about it. Maybe it will eventually get a plaque [sp?] !
[Edited on 3-28-2007 by bajalera]bajadogs - 3-28-2007 at 04:03 PM
Bajalera,
Nice photos! That piece of art definitely would have caught my eye. I love the Malecon. Here is a shot from last November before the mermaid showed
up.
tripledigitken - 3-28-2007 at 04:13 PM
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Originally posted by Packoderm
It looks like her legs are more separate than a true mermaid. How would you fillet something like that?
Slowmad - 3-28-2007 at 04:46 PM
Someone call the kitsch police for this flagrant example of cruise ship art.BajaBruno - 3-30-2007 at 01:14 AM
Do you suppose either one of those marine mammals has enough structural support to stand up to a hard breeze? There's not much metal for all that
weight cantilevered out.HotSchott - 3-30-2007 at 05:58 AM
She looks cold!Iflyfish - 3-30-2007 at 09:34 AM
If this is kitsch, put me on a cruise ship, and give me ART!
This is a magnificent sculpture! Grace, form, movement. It defies gravity, hence the questions about wind. It makes me think, man/dolphin/the earth. I
can see it floating above the malacon, that bay, alive!
Look at the colors, the detail, the graceful way it moves accross the horizon.
An entire generation of artists were wrested away from representational art to then regale us with awful pieces of the bizarre masquarading as art,
phew!!!! People relate to representational art and instinctively know of it's greatness. Everyone knows what this is and what it says! It says SEA,
LIFE, PLAYFULNESS, GRACE, MOVEMENT, Dolphin/Mythical Mermaid/Earth, Wonder, joy and play! Earth, sea, wonder!
Would you prefer a pile of rusted iron that you look at and ask, what the f.... is that? Perhaps a cross in a jar of urine? Now that is real art, righ
there, what the h... is it? They must have been real smart to have made it! I don't understand it, but, heh, I am not an artist, drop head and walk
away......
IflyfishwhennotcriticisingartSlowmad - 3-30-2007 at 09:51 AM
Disneyland called.
They wan't their steaming pile of Wyland back.Don Alley - 3-30-2007 at 01:29 PM
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Originally posted by Slowmad
Disneyland called.
They wan't their steaming pile of Wyland back.
I confess to being such a philistine that I did not know who or what this "Wyland" was. So I googled "Wyland."
From Wyland's website:
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Wyland, the world's Premier Ocean artist, has been a pioneer in the marine art movement since 1971. This painter, sculptor, and muralist is one of the
most prolific and celebrated artists of our time. Perhaps of all time.
Slowmad - 3-30-2007 at 02:15 PM
Look, I know it's hard to please everyone when you install/foist a piece of public art...but if I needed to see an idealized representation of a
19-year-old Anna Nicole Smith having a giddy Thomas Kinkade dolphin underwater stress-testing the structural integrity of her implants whilst
precariously balancing on a shiny brass ball I'd ask for it, mm-kay?
For the love of God, get that thing off my once-stunning Baja viewplane. Iflyfish - 3-30-2007 at 02:22 PM
Slowmad,
Even though I disagree with your analysis I appreciate the writing. Great surgery even though the patient died!
For an excellent analysis of art in the seventies read Thom Wolfe, Hooking Up. I appreciate his clarity and writing also.
IflyfishwhennotscratchingmyheadatnonrepresentationalartOsprey - 3-30-2007 at 02:35 PM
I know everything about art, I just don't know what I like.Capt. George - 3-30-2007 at 02:46 PM
art, art who?Slowmad - 3-30-2007 at 02:50 PM
The patient died?
That sacharine nightmare was flatlining back on the sketchpad.Paula - 3-30-2007 at 02:53 PM
I think we're looking at four separate pieces here-- the mermaid, the dolphin, the sphere, and the base. They were brought together by fate and the
wind blowing in from el Mogote.
edited for spelling
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perfecto
k1w1 - 3-30-2007 at 05:03 PM
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Originally posted by Slowmad
Someone call the kitsch police for this flagrant example of cruise ship art.
NAILED IT!!!!!!!bajajudy - 3-30-2007 at 09:07 PM
From Baja Insider
Many of the newest artworks are from the same artist Octavio González from Tepatitlan , Jalisco. Cast in bronze on the mainland, the statues include a
breaching whale, an in-flight Manta and mermaid playing with a dolphin, which I believe to be the best of his works along the walkway. His works are
available in miniature at many local art galleries as well as online. The waterfront castings stand 5 to 11 feet tall.Alan - 3-30-2007 at 10:28 PM
Well it is obvious that art is in the eye of the beerholder. Personally I like it and consider it a beautiful addition to all of the others along the
malecon. The old man in the paper hat and paper boat is still my favorite. I like the seashell band down that one side street as well.Capt. George - 3-31-2007 at 03:43 AM
The old man, is he Mexicano? Looks more American, see the size of his feet?!
I think the mermaid is absolutely beautiful, even though she lacks a moose knuckle. But that's my problem (along with so many, many others).HotSchott - 3-31-2007 at 07:11 AM
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I think the mermaid is absolutely beautiful, even though she lacks a moose knuckle...
Almost shot coffee out my nose on that one.
FYI: Moose knuckle a.k.a. camel toe. That's what I love about art - it stimulates conversation at so many levels. Its good that we can establish a
baseline. Anyone care to see if this can go under water before someone squawks...Don Alley - 3-31-2007 at 07:37 AM
Do mermaids get barnacles?Capt. George - 3-31-2007 at 07:50 AM
I hope not, or I'm sticking with the landlady lubbers!Capt. George - 3-31-2007 at 07:52 AM
hotschott
I see you have potential..Stay with it and, like me, at 61, you still won't be a "grown-up"!
