IBC Members -- FYI

Hello,

The Pacific Rim Bonsai Collection is sponsoring an art
competition for
this years special exhibit entitled, "Elevations". The
Collection is
seeking artists to create a work of sculpture - that will serve
as a
display stand or pedestal - that will enhance the visual and
emotional
impact of selected bonsai. The artwork will interact with the
bonsai in
relation to its spatial dimensions, overall visual mass,
movement and
character. The display stands/pedestals may be of traditional
design,
but special consideration will be given to those that interact
with the
bonsai in novel and imaginative ways.


Hmm.

As the husband of an award-winning sculptor -- though one who
hasn't sculpted for a while (and who is off judging a dressage
show so isn't here to speak for herself) -- I think I would take
exception to calling a stand for a bonsai a "sculpture," much
less a work of art. A stand is -- by definition ("enhance the
visual and emotional impact OF SELECTED BONSAI") -- subservient
to that which sits upon it. A work of art which CHOOSES to be
subservient is no more than a decoration, if that.

A sculpture should be _at least_ the equal to a bonsai as a work
of art, not something for another work of art to squat upon.

It would be like asking for a painting as a work of art to serve
as the "background" for a bonsai.

Pfooie!

Jim Lewis - - Tallahassee, FL - Only where
people have learned to appreciate and cherish the landscape and
its living cover will they treat it with the care and respect it
should have - Paul Bigelow Sears.

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