Sculpture

Posted on | June 27, 2009 |

These two images are of 'Ozymandias', currently on show in the De Cordova Museum, Lincoln, MA - one of the finest modern art museums in this North East Corner of the US. As you can see the sculptures are huge - that's the artist Douglas Kornfeld leaning up against it. Ozymandias? Well, you may recall the poem by Coleridge, in which a traveler comes across a huge fragment of a statue in the desert and this leads him to speculate on the fall of nations, the passing of the arrogance of power, and the encroachment of devastation that ultimately follows all such hubris. In our time of massive abuse of power in many nations, of the degradation of our environment by mega-companies, and increased desertification caused by greed - - well I'm sure you can see the connection. It's a large male figure sinking? Rising? Stuck in the earth. It's a tombstone to the male-thinking mindset that has got us into this mess. And it's beautiful.

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