Maggi Hambling Brixton Heron
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timothysutton1
Brixton resident.
... I am assuming you work for Lambeth Council?
lang rabbie
Je ne regrette les gazebos
No, and never have done - suggest you look at some of my posts over the last five years.
And the assessor that I quoted wrt that competition was a Lambeth resident and Streatham nationalist.
timothysutton1
Brixton resident.
Your friend, and the council, should have a little more respect for the creative talents in this borough.
Minnie_the_Minx
someinenhhanding menbag and me ah bollox
I once mistook a Heron for a Terradactyl
Maybe that's what I did as well then. I remember when I was in America over 30 years ago seeing something that looked like a Pteradactyl but knew they no longer existed but had no idea what it was, so maybe it was a heron.
maldwyn
What?
Minnie_the_Minx
someinenhhanding menbag and me ah bollox
I've just read this
stethoscope
Well-Known Member
Says the artist who seems to be deriding the amount of money being spent on a piece of art by another artist based in the same borough?
editor
hiraethified
Minnie_the_Minx
someinenhhanding menbag and me ah bollox
2nd picture's definitely the better one. Can't make out what it is from the 1st pic
editor
hiraethified
That's how it'll look a lot of the time unless the wind's blowing in the right direction.
Minnie_the_Minx
someinenhhanding menbag and me ah bollox
discokermit
Well-Known Member
it's shit. it looks shit. like some tatty, oversized garden ornament. and it looks fuck all like a heron, not in an abstract way but in a 'kingfisher gone wrong' way.
if it cost more than three hundred quid then the residents of lambeth have been ripped off.
if it cost more than three hundred quid then the residents of lambeth have been ripped off.
Minnie_the_Minx
someinenhhanding menbag and me ah bollox
timothysutton1
Brixton resident.
You misunderstand me. My question is how arts money should be spent in the the borough?
Personally I would suggest that opportunities for emerging Lambeth artists would be more deserving than money given to an already well established artist.
lang rabbie
Je ne regrette les gazebos
Should have made a 3D one
Actually Minnie that is a pretty astute observation. This weather vane looks to be a "re-mix" of Maggi Hambling's 1994 aquatint Heron (ardea cinerea) produced for a portfolio 9 London Birds rather than a 3D sculptural weathervane.
discokermit
Well-Known Member
and it would have been better made out of stainless steel with contrasting blacked mild steel bits and a brass beak. cheap cunts.
also i would have put stained glass inserts into the fish.
and i would have it posed like this,
or this,
with the feet trailing in water, represented by little stylized waves, instead of a poxy log.
also i would make it sort of three dimensional with the body perpendicular to the wings/tail.
also i would have put stained glass inserts into the fish.
and i would have it posed like this,
or this,
with the feet trailing in water, represented by little stylized waves, instead of a poxy log.
also i would make it sort of three dimensional with the body perpendicular to the wings/tail.
Minnie_the_Minx
someinenhhanding menbag and me ah bollox
Actually Minnie that is a pretty astute observation. This weather vane looks to be a "re-mix" of Maggi Hambling's 1994 aquatint Heron (ardea cinerea) produced for a portfolio 9 London Birds rather than a 3D sculptural weathervane.
I think a 3D one would be much nicer. If your main view is the angle posted in Editor's pictures, then quite frankly, I don't care for it much.
However, as I haven't even seen it yet, I'll shut up for now
timothysutton1
Brixton resident.
The cost of the Heron...
...care of www.whatdotheyknow.com
Total £30,754
Costs included:
Fabrication £15,000 (built in Suffolk)
Maggi Hambling's fee £6,500 (half price apparently)
Installation £6,754
Lambeth staffing costs £0 (how does that work?)
...care of www.whatdotheyknow.com
Total £30,754
Costs included:
Fabrication £15,000 (built in Suffolk)
Maggi Hambling's fee £6,500 (half price apparently)
Installation £6,754
Lambeth staffing costs £0 (how does that work?)
discokermit
Well-Known Member
rip off. nearly seven grand for installation? two blokes, half a day, four bits of studding, four nuts and washers and a tube of resin.
StanSmith
Three Lions on my shirt
and it would have been better made out of stainless steel with contrasting blacked mild steel bits and a brass beak. cheap cunts.
also i would have put stained glass inserts into the fish.
and i would have it posed like this,
or this,
with the feet trailing in water, represented by little stylized waves, instead of a poxy log.
also i would make it sort of three dimensional with the body perpendicular to the wings/tail.
That would have looked bostin old pal.
Like our "Mining Mon" or Zandra Rhodes "Pegasus" in Dudley!
Mrs Magpie
On a bit of break...
Well, I have always loved Maggi Hambling's work and I'm really pleased to have something of hers in Brixton. She's an amazing artist. I love this too.
Mrs Magpie
On a bit of break...
Nah. I'd rather have the sculpture/weathervane.
Mrs Magpie
On a bit of break...
Well, it brings cheer to me every time I pass it, which is usually first thing in the morning on my way to work.
ShiftyBagLady
Thinks she is a flower to be looked at
I don't think it's ugly, i think it's a pretty good weathervane and I like Hamble's work a lot. You're right about the position though, I had no idea it was there until I read this thread and I must pass it at least five times a week
gaijingirl
Well-Known Member
I have to admit to forgetting to look up to see it too. I'm going to pop down now and take a look actually since I'm losing my fireworks and I'm feeling a bit gloomy...
