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September 25, 2010: Yes, Sir, That's Mueck's Baby ...
But whatever you do, don't put a picture of it on a bus in Calgary.
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Calgary Transit has rejected a Glenbow Museum advertising campaign showing a sculpture of a naked newborn baby. Senior managers made the decision after reviewing a photo of the sculpture, said spokeswoman Theresa Keddy. (article from CBC) |
If you don't know what is a pupik, ask richlevy or consult your copy of Leo Rosten's The Joys of Yiddish.
What I thought was particularly interesting about this series of photos is that it's showing what you don't usually see ... the installation of the piece.
Plastic wrap is not a toy.
We've featured Ron Mueck's work before as an IOTD, back in 2004. I don't think that piece is quite as exciting. There's something disturbing about a wrinkly, bloody, just extruded baby girl.
Someday she will be a teenager and will do things like asking for the car keys or going on dates. With boys.
ZenGum Saturday Sep 25 01:56 AM
The other other white meat.
You reckon they're preparing to slow roast it over a low fire?
SPUCK Saturday Sep 25 05:35 AM
How is That art?
It's a model of something real. It's not art any more than a photo of a chair or a plastic cow in front of a feed store is.
Trilby Saturday Sep 25 06:46 AM
Ummmm.
No.
spudcon Saturday Sep 25 09:36 AM
Is that a slice of whole wheat bread under the head in the first picture?
footfootfoot Saturday Sep 25 09:50 AM
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Originally Posted by SPUCK
How is That art?
It's a model of something real. It's not art any more than a photo of a chair or a plastic cow in front of a feed store is. |
Undertoad Saturday Sep 25 10:24 AM
No let's! This is definitely art and it evokes much emotion and complicated thought.
wolf Saturday Sep 25 10:43 AM
Damn. I just thought it looked amazingly creepy.
Cow orker got these in his email. He's a fine artist, which is great, when a patient challenges his credentials, he shrugs and says, "I have a bachelor of fine arts."
xoxoxoBruce Saturday Sep 25 01:52 PM
Creepy is an excellent description.
Sheldonrs Saturday Sep 25 07:07 PM
Is the vagina that came out of part of the exhibit? Cuz THAT would be one scary show!
footfootfoot Saturday Sep 25 08:48 PM
I think as a piece of art, the head of the baby draped in plastic is way more arty than the whole thing assembled. And I have a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree.
Clodfobble Saturday Sep 25 09:48 PM
The head wrapped in plastic and the full-body baby are different pieces. Look at the scale difference. The plastic-wrapped head is 7-8 feet tall, the horizontal head is half that...
xoxoxoBruce Saturday Sep 25 09:51 PM
I've found baby heads usually swell when I wrap them in plastic, of course severed heads, not so much.
Elspode Saturday Sep 25 11:17 PM
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Originally Posted by Sheldonrs
Is the vagina that came out of part of the exhibit? Cuz THAT would be one scary show!
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footfootfoot Saturday Sep 25 11:18 PM
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Originally Posted by Clodfobble
The head wrapped in plastic and the full-body baby are different pieces. Look at the scale difference. The plastic-wrapped head is 7-8 feet tall, the horizontal head is half that...
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Very clever Clodfobble.
xoxoxoBruce Sunday Sep 26 12:02 AM
Proof.
| The Glenbow didn't think it would be appropriate to take the sculpture out of context, she said. So they decided to use an image from a different sculpture, called Head of a Baby, which is a huge close-up of a newborn infant's head. The ad was approved and the transit campaign started Monday. |
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