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Wednesday, October 07, 2009

i had never heard of the indian sculpture park





i love the cool, the unusual, the surreal. this park sure looks like it's ALL of those things


Ireland's Indian Sculpture Park
From Independent.ie: “Since he saw Dresden being bombed as a boy, Victor Langheld wanted to know ‘why these things happen’. So at 25 he went to India to try to find the answer. The result is a unique sculpture park in Co Wicklow. Alison Bourke reports In a field, behind a raggedy hedge near Roundwood in Co Wicklow, live six giant granite Indian elephants, a fasting Buddha, and a huge forefinger. Set a little behind these, a ferryman claws his way out of a small pond, a maze leads towards enlightenment, and a ‘bell of forgetfulness’ stands waiting to be pulled. Set in front of the humble Irish countryside, each piece looks about as at home as if it had been beamed down by an alien spaceship.”.................

indian sculpture park

pic from the indian sculpture park website above

2 comments:

Unknown said...

Generally speaking... I learn something new from your posts... most times...this is yet another sterling example! How did I miss this in my travels...

Unknown said...

i hope you clicked the link to see the other cool sculptures. IN IRELAND