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Strange statue
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| MrJiveBoJingles |
Anyone have any idea where this statue is from or what it's about?
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| Halcyon+On+On |
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gustav_Vigeland
From first glances, I had always sort of assumed that it was a sculpture depicting Kronos and his children.
But perhaps it is instead a sculptural metaphor for war and man's inhumanity towards man; and also how the innocent are so often the victims of those in any position of power - that the human paradigm cannot escape a consumer cycle where the weak are prey for the strong merely out of circumstance. |
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| MrJiveBoJingles |
That was quick. Thanks.
I tried using Google but I guess I didn't look hard enough. |
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| BTG |
i thought of this picture as soon as i read the title.
i rool at internet. |
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| Silky Johnson |
| There's an IGK joke in here somewhere. |
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| MrJiveBoJingles |
| quote: | | Originally posted by Halcyon+On+On |
At first glance, I took it as a metaphor for children trying to overcome / outdo their father. |
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| Space_Marine |
| I thought it was a statute of Obvlivion: Elders Scrolls. :wtf: |
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| Halcyon+On+On |
| quote: | Originally posted by MrJiveBoJingles
At first glance, I took it as a metaphor for children trying to overcome / outdo their father. |
Interesting - that hadn't occurred to me.
Perhaps the concept behind it stems from a feminist view that men are the less compassionate of the sexes and are socially empowered to shrug off the responsibility of raising their young or to simply abandon or indirectly (sometimes even directly) harm the young. Seems to be a fairly common thing amongst other animals.
Or maybe it's pro-abortion public artwork. :wtf:
I'm down for that. :stongue: |
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| Sunsnail |
| I thought it was Kronos too, but I guess it's open to interpretation |
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| Halcyon+On+On |
Yeah - seemed right to me, as Kronos was known to be pretty mean to his kids throughout artwork. :stongue:
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| infinity HiGH |
| quote: | Originally posted by tubularbills
^^^
f'd up |
such is life. |
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