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Thursday, December 22, 2016

A Skyflower Friday: Untitled

Kerry here, standing in for Shay, with a Fireblossom Friday flavoured challenge.

Untitled (Perfect Lovers)
Felix Gonzalez-Torres ~ 1990
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We take our inspiration today from Cuban-born American sculptor, photographer, and conceptual artist, Felix Gonzalez-Torres known for work in a variety of media that addresses issues of identity, desire, originality, loss, the metaphor of journey, and the private versus the public domain. Like many artists of the 1980s, Gonzalez-Torres used the postmodern strategy of appropriating ready-made motifs and objects to create his art, thereby challenging the idea of the unique art object that was so much a hallmark of Modernism. (source)

His Untitled (Perfect Lovers) piece shown above is described thus: “These two identical, adjacent, battery-operated clocks were initially set to the same time, but, with time, they will inevitably fall out of sync.”

For this challenge, I would like you to visit his page on WikiArt.org and view the selection of sculptures on display there. You will notice that all pieces are "Untitled" with a description placed in brackets. Write a new poem, with the same method of title. The content and style of the poem is open, but let us take our cue from "issues of identity, desire, originality, loss, the metaphor of journey"
The Christmas theme is banned. (Bah, Humbug!).




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12 comments:

  1. MargaretDecember 22, 2016 at 12:09 PM

    Honestly... thought I had NOTHING and a sip of tea... found I did. Thanks, Kerry, for the challenge and I hope Shay is enjoying her "off" time.

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  2. Sherry Blue SkyDecember 22, 2016 at 1:10 PM

    Great prompt, Kerry.

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  3. Kerry O'ConnorDecember 22, 2016 at 1:14 PM

    I really had nothing, Margaret, but something rose from the exhaustion of this past week.

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  4. brudbergDecember 22, 2016 at 1:42 PM

    Love the idea, and I think I have a theme growing. Really started from nothing and connected to the artwork.

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  5. brudbergDecember 22, 2016 at 3:51 PM

    i don't know why the image on my blog obscures things.. I have even removed it, but it's still there.

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  6. FireblossomDecember 22, 2016 at 5:54 PM

    Thanks so much for riding to the rescue, Kerry! I was at work about 2 this afternoon when I realized i should have done a prompt today. Forgive the stressed-out mail lady? Great prompt!

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  7. Sanaa RizviDecember 23, 2016 at 1:14 AM

    Loved the prompt, sharing my poem Untitled (Desire and Loss) thank you for the lovely opportunity, Kerry❤️

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  8. Kim M. RussellDecember 23, 2016 at 5:53 AM

    Thank you, Kerry, for introducing me to the work of Felix Gonzalez-Torres. I laid out the poem in Word so that it rippled across the page but WordPress just ignored it! I hope you get the gist!

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  9. Gillena CoxDecember 23, 2016 at 9:52 AM

    Inspiring, happy to have met Felix Gonzalez-Torres; throught this prompt

    much love...

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  10. hedgewitchDecember 23, 2016 at 10:12 AM

    Wonderful artist and challenge Kerry. I am wordless atm but thanks so much for the exposure to his work.

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  11. Susie ClevengerDecember 23, 2016 at 3:50 PM

    Great prompt Kerry...My piece is a bit dark...So no Christmas piece for sure, unless you consider it the Christmas lump of coal.

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  12. erbiage.wordpress.comDecember 27, 2016 at 6:12 AM

    fascinating. i like associating poetry with other art forms. really stuck on his naming-not naming of his pieces...

    a rose, by any other Name

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