It's been so amazing to watch the creation of this piece. The initial vision, the number of people involved, the multiple locations along the road to this unveiling. Bravo Sabin and thanks for sharing Michael.
A beautifully written artist’s examination of this incredible sculpture, Michael. Thank you for that! I have been following Sabin’s journey with this sculpture from the beginning, and the final exhibition is absolutely breathtaking.
A great work. A theme that I perceived in this work is that "all wars are lost," because instead of a conveying victory in this memorial, enshrining heroes, it shows the human toll of all warfare as if in a first person narrative. I'm not sure that this approach has ever been done before in history.
Good observation @Brett Holverstott. In 2006 I discuss how Velázquez in his The Surrender of Breda (1625) cleverly suggests that war is rape. “Though this painting is literally about the civil and very polite-looking surrender of Breda, it is not a stretch of the imagination to see, through Velázquez’s use of erotic symbolism, that this painting is really about destructive rape.” https://newberryarchive.wordpress.com/2015/11/05/erotic-symbolism-in-visual-art/
What a marvelous piece! By "piece" I mean both the overwhelmingly ambitious sculpture, as well as Michael's description and meditation on it!
It's been so amazing to watch the creation of this piece. The initial vision, the number of people involved, the multiple locations along the road to this unveiling. Bravo Sabin and thanks for sharing Michael.
A beautifully written artist’s examination of this incredible sculpture, Michael. Thank you for that! I have been following Sabin’s journey with this sculpture from the beginning, and the final exhibition is absolutely breathtaking.
One of the most Astonishing - Emotionally & Physically Powerful Works I’ve Ever Seen ! 🦎🏴☠️
Indeed. 🙌
Wow. Thanks for talking us through this remarkable work of art.
Thank you Robbie. I was glad to see the opening was heavily promoted by Flynn, Cutler, and Erik Prince on X.
A great work. A theme that I perceived in this work is that "all wars are lost," because instead of a conveying victory in this memorial, enshrining heroes, it shows the human toll of all warfare as if in a first person narrative. I'm not sure that this approach has ever been done before in history.
Good observation @Brett Holverstott. In 2006 I discuss how Velázquez in his The Surrender of Breda (1625) cleverly suggests that war is rape. “Though this painting is literally about the civil and very polite-looking surrender of Breda, it is not a stretch of the imagination to see, through Velázquez’s use of erotic symbolism, that this painting is really about destructive rape.” https://newberryarchive.wordpress.com/2015/11/05/erotic-symbolism-in-visual-art/