I looked across the street and saw Pablo Picasso mowing his lawn. He was ten feet tall. He was inside a fence, which was unusual, and the expression on his face, with both eyes bulging and a look of disgust on his thin lips, made me think that he felt he was wasting his time. Every minute Picasso spent mowing his lawn was one minute he wasn’t able to spend with a paintbrush in one hand and a palette in the other, working on his latest painting.
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“The Spanish Gardener is Elliott Arkin’s largest work to date and is a continuation in his series depicting historical figures as gardening lawn gnomes. The sculptures were the subject of ‘A Peaceable Kingdom,’ a recent major solo exhibition at the Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art’s (MAMAC) roof-top garden in Nicke, France. First sketched in 2004 and titled after the American painting by Edward Hicks, ‘A Peaceable Kingdom,’ is derived from images Arkin created as cartoonist-in-residence (along with Nicole Eisenman)…”
My first reaction to seeing this sculpture was a surprise. My second reaction was admiration—the sculpture is expressive and well-done; it looks great from a distance. My third reaction was to enjoy the humor of the situation. Watching Pablo Picasso mowing his lawn is a lot of fun. I tend not to think of famous people doing mundane things. I wish it were possible to walk around the sculpture so I could see it from different views, but street traffic and the locked gate made that wish impossible to fulfill. The head is made out of fiberglass, the body is made out of urethane and foam, and the lawn mower is “partially composed of a chunk of repurposed telephone pole.” This information is courtesy of Scott Indrisek of artsy.net. So if you happen to be driving through this neighborhood, I would highly recommend trying to find a parking spot nearby and checking out this delightful work of art. The parking spot may be hard to come by, but it will be well worth the effort.Find out more:
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https://www.dailyartmagazine.com/picasso-and-his-women/