Tuesday, February 4, 2014

Thematic Photographic - Made of Steel

Carmi at the blog "Written, Inc." hosts a photographic get-together, based on a weekly theme. This week, the theme is "Made of Steel."
 
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This is Richard Serra's 2006 sculpture Band, a huge ribbon of steel that undulates and swirls in a room at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Two hundred tons, twelve feet high and seventy feet long - it's hard to believe such graceful fluidity is made of steel.
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4 comments:

  1. M. BouffantFebruary 5, 2014 at 3:07 AM

    I've spent many a minute wandering through that. The color, by the way, is from oxidation.

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  2. GillyFebruary 5, 2014 at 3:30 AM

    That's amazing! How on earth did the sculptor make the steel go like that. He must have had a huge studio!!

    And is oxidation what we normally call rust??

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  3. Bob ScotneyFebruary 5, 2014 at 5:34 AM

    I have seen thousands of tons of steel, including varieties like Corten which weather to a reddish colour but do not rust. Didn't expect to see a sculpture like this though, It appears that there is a welded seam on the structure on the left.

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  4. 21 WitsFebruary 5, 2014 at 7:41 PM

    I like this, it's powerful in so many ways.

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