Seeing 2011 (#172)

For your consideration: one of the sixteen various "floats" (statues, really) clustered in the proximity of San José's City Hall, depicted here as a thrusting counterpoint to the far more ethereal contrail which rhymes the form from far above. The canvas explores the notions of negative space, the juxtapositions of concreteness against impermanence, solidity, and illusion, and free motion over anchorage.

For the record, this piece has been interpreted as "Innovation", according to information at this site, which took me far longer to find on the web than did my image processing of my own interpretation of the work for this posting.

Untitled, #2982-7D

© 2011 James W. Murray, all rights reserved.

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Details: October 16, 2011; Canon 7D; f/16 @ 1/320 sec; —1 EV; ISO 500; Tokina 11-16mm f/2.8 @ 16mm

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