Happy New Year.In my continuing search for Great Sculpture of all time (see link on the right), I had rather discounted, an American Sculptor, Frederick William MacMonnies, 1863-1937 known for such horrors as this in the Metropolitan!But I was pleasantly surprised to discover that in Brooklyn New York there is a triumphal Arch not unlike […]
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Chicago and The North of England
So what is it about Art that connects Chicago and the North of England? A couple of years ago a stone sculpture was stolen from a country house in the North of England and eventually turned up in an Art Dealers in Chicago. Now we hear that The Art Institute of Chicago was sold a […]
Advice on the first frost in Dorset
Advice on first frost in DorsetClean the chimneys and light the fires.Feed the animals and family.Snuggle in with a bedfellow,Sooner rather than later. STOP! But stop a moment, before all that, go and see The Snow Queen.A few weeks ago before I was distracted in London, my wife was given two tickets for the Ballet […]
Robert Mileham with Vivien Mallock
Here I am with Vivien, a Sculptor and friend, discussing a couple of my works.
Air Gallery Current Exhibition November 2007
Take a leap to the countryside exhibition In all sizes too
November
How awful, I did think it was a bit short. Here is the full version I think. It was the “distance looking blue..and … the steeple” that I thought I remembered. No sun–no moon! No morn–no noon! No dawn–no dusk–no proper time of day– No sky–no earthly view– No distance looking blue– No road–no street–no […]
Memories of Childhood “Recitals”
So far we have only had one grey day here. The poem which I remember having to recite rather publicly as a small boy does not reflect the first 9 days this year. Plenty of time left though. Erik’s pictures of Holland are beautiful so this poem is hardly appropriate there either…yet.. Marly’s on insects […]
Forth Plinth
Nicely in keeping with the rest of Trafalgar Square it now seems it has its own website so we can admire it anywhere in the world from our PC. One consolation is what it replaced. Roll on the next replacement.http://www.fourthplinth.org.uk/thomas_schutte.htm
Painted Sculpture
It is nearly a century since the ideals and understanding of what is Art were turned upside down. In this new century, Sculpture, the premier medium for visual arts being first on the scene, has to consider again the fundamentals.A three dimensional work of art in a recognisable subject such as the human body, does […]
To Marley “The Post” promotor
Marley, I have considered the 9 Muses see above, but they are quite complicated. Let me try the Three Graces first. This is a “Text book” belonging to my Grandmother. Someone has written in a mature hand the various labels to help me! I love old books, especially if they have notes in pencil by […]
