tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740147662943742025.post7247745463129904774..comments2023-12-06T11:18:27.198+01:00Comments on ThinkShop: Niki de Saint Phalle's Guardian Angel at Zurich's Main StationP. M. Doolanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16673509230835222713noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740147662943742025.post-1529732213525692952012-04-25T08:45:04.933+02:002012-04-25T08:45:04.933+02:00It's funny that you pointed out the "over...It's funny that you pointed out the "over coloured", Hels. The Pompidou Centre in Paris (just off Place Igor Stravinsky!)has just started its first ever mobile exhibition. It is travelling throughout France, the works being exhibited in a tent, like a circus. The exhibition is called "Colour" and it features works of Niki de Saint Phalle (as well as Matisse, etc).P. M. Doolanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16673509230835222713noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740147662943742025.post-4451936228407123352012-04-25T03:26:38.040+02:002012-04-25T03:26:38.040+02:00I don't know that I love the overdressed, over...I don't know that I love the overdressed, over coloured female Sumo wrestler... or any Sumo wrestlers, for that matter. But I do love the idea of naming squares, streets, gardens and communal facilities after important cultural figures eg Place Igor Stravinsky. I wish Australia did that.Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740147662943742025.post-54140038706225148122012-04-24T15:05:33.309+02:002012-04-24T15:05:33.309+02:00True, though I don' think it qualifies as what...True, though I don' think it qualifies as what some call 'Fascist architecture" for the simple reason the original plans pre-date Fascism, and the planning continued throughout the nearly twenty years of construction, gradually becoming more elaborate.P. M. Doolanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16673509230835222713noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740147662943742025.post-24905103531455167772012-04-24T13:47:13.421+02:002012-04-24T13:47:13.421+02:00Yes, Milan particularly so as it is now a very goo...Yes, Milan particularly so as it is now a very good example, or so we think, of a 1930s style favoured by Mussolini.Jane and Lance Hattatthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16831890261259302647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740147662943742025.post-48738276508295899772012-04-24T11:54:01.716+02:002012-04-24T11:54:01.716+02:00I love 19th century European railway stations too....I love 19th century European railway stations too. Antwerpen is among my favourites, Milan is interesting and all of the big stations in Paris. For a small city Zurich's station is incredibly grand.P. M. Doolanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16673509230835222713noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740147662943742025.post-90503993120834110432012-04-24T09:59:44.855+02:002012-04-24T09:59:44.855+02:00Hello:
This is such a splendid piece of sculpture,...Hello:<br />This is such a splendid piece of sculpture, floating as it does over the heads of daily commuters and travellers alike. What joy it must bring to those who choose to look up. And how imaginative to have placed such a piece in this less than usual setting rather than, as is so often the case with such works, in an art gallery or museum.<br /><br />Railway stations constructed around the turn of the C19 and C20 centuries we find endlessly fascinating, not least for their architecture which is so often a feat of engineering.Jane and Lance Hattatthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16831890261259302647noreply@blogger.com