What to spend our money on!

tilly · Post by **tilly** » Thu 08 Apr, 2010 9:06 pm

Phill is now a man of many faces we have lost Mr Cool LOL

Post by **cnosni** » Fri 09 Apr, 2010 12:21 am

Phill_dvsn wrote: Brunel wrote: Brick man............ Supertram All in the same wastebin That's an excellent name for a pop band Pity it's at the expense of Leeds misfortune tho lol I like that Phil,it has a ring to it.

Si · Post by Si » Fri 09 Apr, 2010 4:09 pm

chameleon wrote: Si wrote: With reference to the Brick Man comments on the "Food For Thought" thread, just thought I'd resurrect this thread to save Phill searching for it! I don't know how to post into the other thread - perhaps Chameleon knows how? Whats you trying to put where Si? I was trying to post my earlier comments about the Brick Man from this thread onto the Food For Thought thread. However, by resurrecting this thread, there's now no need. Thanks Steve. PS I've figured out how to do it myself now, anyway!

jim · Post by **jim** » Tue 20 Apr, 2010 8:10 am

I feel a rant coming on. While I agree wholeheartedly with those who would like to see an iconic public art work for Leeds, and have no objection to the vast sum of money required for such a project ----------I can't agree that the Brickman is worthy of my support (I can barely keep my trousers up!)What is it supposed to represent? The artists ego? He appears to be attempting to be try to populate the whole planet with his repeated image, and despite my number two son's involvement in the moulding and casting of thirty or forty of his smaller versions, it isn't an idea I wish to further.The Human Race as superman? Nietzschean ideals hold no attraction for me.Man as despoiler of the planet? Not something we should wish to claim for Leeds, unless we want to commemorate the Service Crew.Ozymandias? Shelley has already done it better. And we'd have to wait a while for the full effect.Leeds as twentieth or so subscriber to the Gormlean vision? Surely we want to be FIRST! Lets have a far superior inspirational work for the best place in the country.Finally, I have no wish to fall out with anyone over this, but feel the need to let my views be known. Your views are of course just as valid and we shall have to agree to disagree.

Si · Post by Si » Tue 20 Apr, 2010 8:43 am

Hi Jim. Don't worry, you're not falling out with anyone!The point is, Leeds would have been the first.Also, as for Neitchze's superman - art, and it's interpretation, is in the eye of the beholder. (PS I wondered why there was a reference to Ozymandias on the bottom of your posts!)Here's Shelley's poem in full:I met a traveller from an antique landWho said: Two vast and trunkless legs of stoneStand in the desert. Near them, on the sand,Half sunk, a shattered visage lies, whose frownAnd wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold commandTell that it's sculptor well those passions readWhich yet survive, stamped on these lifeless things,The hand that mocked them and the heart that fed.And on the pedestal these words appear:"My name is Ozymandias, king of kings:Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!"Nothing beside remains. Round the decayOf that colossal wreck, boundless and bareThe lone and level sands stretch far away.

jim · Post by **jim** » Tue 20 Apr, 2010 9:07 am

Even had we been first I can see no merit in the idea other than Gormley's re-interpretation of "The Biggest Aspidistra in the World". If anyone can give me a better reason for The Brickman concept I am all agog and waiting with bated breath etc etc.

Si · Post by Si » Tue 20 Apr, 2010 9:17 am

I wouldn't want to go into a discussion on the interpretation of the Brickman (or any art) on a website for two reasons: Life's too short, and these discussions have gone on since - well, Ozymandias' day. And secondly, like religion and politics, they can degenerate into heated arguments all too quickly, especially in this narrow, virtual format.This isn't a cop-out. I'd enjoy a pleasant face-to-face chat about it anytime, Jim!But, as you said, we'll agree to disagree!

jim · Post by **jim** » Tue 20 Apr, 2010 9:32 am

I'd love a face-to-face natter Si--about life, the universe etc etc. I've lots of spare time and a bus and train pass. You pick a time and neutral ground!

Si · Post by Si » Tue 20 Apr, 2010 10:03 am

jim wrote: I'd love a face-to-face natter Si--about life, the universe etc etc. I've lots of spare time and a bus and train pass. You pick a time and neutral ground! Thursday? One o'clock? The Palace?I could show you where Ozymandias' twin sons (the Crown Court skulls) used to live!!!

jim · Post by **jim** » Tue 20 Apr, 2010 10:57 am

See you there and then Si. I'll post here if For any reason I can't make it. (I'm presuming you mean the Palace down Kirkgate, just past the Parish Church of St Peter)