This sculpture is a personal favorite of mine - it's one of Deborah Butterfield's series of horse sculptures. I like the layers of natural distance Butterfield adds without losing a natural feel - this sculpture is made of bronze that looks like driftwood unless you touch it, the driftwood is formed to look like a horse, and that horse is placed in an unnatural urban setting (in this case, a sculpture garden in Portland). Still, dealing with the sculpture in 3 dimensions, you really feel as if it were a horse that could move at any moment.
Wednesday, November 4, 2009
Butterfield
This sculpture is a personal favorite of mine - it's one of Deborah Butterfield's series of horse sculptures. I like the layers of natural distance Butterfield adds without losing a natural feel - this sculpture is made of bronze that looks like driftwood unless you touch it, the driftwood is formed to look like a horse, and that horse is placed in an unnatural urban setting (in this case, a sculpture garden in Portland). Still, dealing with the sculpture in 3 dimensions, you really feel as if it were a horse that could move at any moment.
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