This is probably the first piece of public art you will see as you enter Nelson; it is at the same Millers Acre complex as the Vessel. The work is also by Grant Palliser.The controversy was brought to the fore by boaties, who claimed the knot in the work was not the named knot. It was the first time I noticed Letters to the Editor in The Nelson Mail were accompanied by graphics.
Sure couldn't prove what kind of knot it is by me. Interesting sculpture though.
ReplyDeleteinteresting. i see the knot but I also wonder what it's supposed to signify. i'll hop over to the link now.
ReplyDeleteto me it looks like when you can draw with the fire in the darkness moving it very fast. The frozen metal version but still very alive.
ReplyDeleteor they just simple pushed the wrong button in the bycicle factory:)
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ReplyDeleteFaye, for us non-boaties or non-scouts, it really doesn't matter, does it?
Eddie, personally, I don't look for a deeper meaning of things in life; whether I like it or not is all. Look at Zsolt's relaxed attitude!!
Zsolt, what a cracker! Thank goodness it's not a doctor performing surgery on you!
My knot book seems to call this a Sheet Bend. . .
ReplyDeleteMeg, I'm sure you would love it here. We sure do! Thanks for visiting and for your kind comments,
-Kim
may be using a heavier material will help, otherwise could be mistaken for scrap metal, no?
ReplyDeleteKim, you HAVE a knot book? Well, then, I'll have to admit, I have one, too, but only because I wanted to do something exotic with the fringes of my shawls.
ReplyDeleteKris, touche! This is why I love you. Shall I call the recycle guys anonymously? (We have to be careful, you see. We are not NZ citizens, but permanent residents, and can get kicked out any time!)
Just joking, Mr Immigration Minister.
Meg, being a "kid" I see myself getting my feet or arms caught in the knot and couldn't get out...but I think it's a different and interesting one!
ReplyDeleteit looks like they didn't make the deadline so they just left it as it is =)
ReplyDeleteLisi, you just stay away from it, unless you want to make the local newspaper!
ReplyDeleteJazzy, you know, now that you mention it, there was something about the time and cost it would take to correct the knot and still meet the opening of the Information Centre, but I don't remember the details now.
Ben reckons Grant Pallisar was given a pipe bender for his birthday and just wanted to try it out. I think he 'needed' a pipe bender, so he came up with this project. (OK, Ben's work verification rejected me three time already - can't I get something like a wife-pass?)
hey, i know how to tie that knot. all boy scouts learn how to tie that :-p
ReplyDeleteI kind of like it. I guess there are people who really know their stuff.
ReplyDeleteKeropok Man, I knew there'd be a scout among us somewhere - is this a Reef Knot?
ReplyDeleteRudy, your admirable aesthetic taste has been demonstrated in your AGDP, and I respect your opinion; I shall go have another look at the more modern, simple beauty of the knot anon. It could be the raw stainless steel look I don't like.
Interesting yes, but not my favourite type of artwork. Compared to the fantastic 'hand' this is just a mess of entangled metal. At least kids would enjoy climbing on it!
ReplyDeleteHi Meg, I'll add my own comment. I don't like this sculpture, I can't think of it as art, in fact at first I thought it was a piece of electric wire sticking out of the ground on a construction site. Would tend to agree with Ben's view!
ReplyDeleteI love your idea of a wife-pass!!!
Now for the serious stuff. Being a boatie, of course I know about knots. Yes the knot itself could be a reef knot but what is wrong with it are the loose ends vs the working ends. If you pull the wrong ends, you'll end up with a knot which is less secure and can't be called a reef knot. Not sure it's clear enough but hope it helps...
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ReplyDeleteJohn, I think the reason I don't like it is, especially compared to the kind of work I like by Grant Palliar, (e.g. the big hand), it looks not well-thought-out, as if he was commissioned this, and just bent the pipes, and voi la! The finished work looks too much like the raw material.
Nathalie, alas, a boatie. Now you remind me - yes, it was suppose to come loose or at least not be too secure, I remember now. I think probably Grant liked the name (as do I) and chose it, possibly.
Having had said it, Nathalie, I've always had problems with modern/abstract, and I've been reading a bit in the last couple of years to at least not automatically reject them. A good friend of ours is an abstract painter and he spent so much time with me at his own exhibit trying to explain how to look at abstract, and it relates to my craft, so I'm trying to be open to many things. I think part of the reason I'm not crazy about this is I keep thinking, "Grant Pallisar, I know you can do so much better!" Better being the operative word, saying more about me than him.
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