Monday, May 22, 2017

Sculptures at sunset

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Art in between two Brutalist buildings at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev!


The light of the setting sun (see it in the tree?) silhouetted them nicely.


The BGU booklet Beyond the Classroom about the sculptures on campus offers this:
Three Fanfare Trumpeters and a Climber
Ofra Zimbalista
2014, cast aluminum, life-size figures
Three musicians scale the side of a building, representing a group  going in a single chosen direction.   On a nearby building, the W.A. Minkoff Senate Hall, an individual chooses to climb a new, previously unexplored peak. 

Click the photos if you'd like to see them bigger.
There are three other posts in the blog with more sculptures by the same Ofra Zimbalista z"l.
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(Linking to Our World Tuesday.  And T is for Trumpeters for ABC Wednesday.)

UPDATE March 2021: Campus sculptures explained in a short video from the university:
https://youtu.be/pSvG64edFws
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19 comments:

  1. It's just amazing what people can make!

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  2. I've been thinking of you, Dina, possibly because world news has included Israel very, very recently.
    These photos are wonderful, the sculpted climbers absolutely amazing.
    All the best,
    Kay, Alberta, Canada
    An Unfittie's Guide to Adventurous Travel

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  3. Since the buildings are VERY brutalist and Three Fanfare Trumpeters and a Climber are very small, the sculptures don't soften the architecture very much. I am glad they at least tried.

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  4. Interesting idea to attract the eye, great photos, Dina !

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  5. I love these photos Dina

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  6. Perfectly timed photos, Dina. Riveting and disturbing... must be ART :)
    Thanks for being perfectly civil to our idiot in chief... *sigh*

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  7. Wow! Fantastic photos!

    Leslie
    abcw team

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  8. I LOVE those sculptures, fascinating art. The sunset is beautiful.
    Ann

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  9. This is a new way for expressing ideas and thoughts. Well chosen Dina!

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  10. Very thought provoking art. Makes me wish I were stronger.

    Janis
    GDP

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  11. How wonderful Dina, very imaginative !

    Have a nice ABC-day / week
    Melody (team ABC-W)
    Preview Round 21 starting july 12th :

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  12. These are brilliant. What great idea for some art work

    Mollyx

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  13. Ha! I thought it was people rappelling!
    ROG, ABCW

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