I was looking at the Motherland Calls the other day, and I was curious what everyone's favorite pieces of art or sculpture are.

Despite not being really left leaning, the Vietnam War Memorial in DC always hits me, since it truly is a scar on the ground, reflecting the horror of war (while also completely negating any victims who weren't American soldiers).

  • Peter_jordanson [doe/deer,any]
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    4 years ago

    Giuseppe Penone's "born" series Got me into contemporary art:

    https://twitter.com/Giuseppe_Penone/status/871505831107362816?s=20

    They are basically a bunch of industrial blocks of wood where the young "tree" was carved out of the rings. I saw this in an Art Povera exhibition around 2011 and when i understood what was going on there, it just felt like everyday objects turned into poetry. It also aligned perfectly with the art Povera Manifesto of trying to rescue something beautiful from what most people would consider trash.

    I've seen a lot of artwork in my lifetime so it's funny that these humble little blocks of wood just pop up in my head again and again.