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Very nearby....



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....taken from the opposite side of the street.

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''I have no special talent. I am only passionately curious'' – Albert Einstein
 
They appear not to be wearing the kind of comfortable footwear one might expect 🤔
 
Another angle....

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....on these wee characters - happy to not have a day job, instead developing ideas, arguing and changing their minds.

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''I have no special talent. I am only passionately curious'' – Albert Einstein
 
Surrounded by university buildings, the figures refer to the students in the 'Learning Quarter' of this country's largest city.
 
Looks a bit like St Paul’s Church in Symonds Street Auckland

Free turn if correct.

Bill
 
Loafers by Francis Upritchard I think. May have misspelled the artist.

Free turn if correct
 
Bill60 said:
Loafers by Francis Upritchard I think. May have misspelled the artist.

Free turn if correct
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Spot on Bill, 'Loafers' they are - in Symonds Street, Auckland.

https://www.google.com/maps/@-36.85...4!1sYW3fcuqTb1RpSI7TXjh8xQ!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

"My proposal is for figurative sculptures in bronze atop large, coloured concrete plinths.

The figures will be thinkers, layabouts and dreamers, lying heads propped, slouching or standing rubbing their heads, in the Learning Quarter.

The figures have historical out door art refernces, in particular to Henry Moore, but they are made in a very new way. The Loafers plinths reference important ceramic artist Lucie Rie. Rie pioneered domestic-ware in Britain, and her small works were developed at the same time as huge outdoor bronzes and in my mind, share a sort of 1950s aesthetic.

The characters of figures refer to the students of the Learning Quarter. Day dreaming, thinking and wondering will be manifest in the sculptures. I want them to have a louche, relaxed and confident feel. Characters happy to not have a day job, instead developing ideas, arguing and changing their minds" - Francis Upritchard

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Alvar - a biological environment based on a limestone plain or

Alvars - Tamil poet-saints of South India

... neither sounds plausible in this case, so how about Finlandia Hall in Helsinki designed by Finnish architect Alvar Aalto?

Cheers

Brian
 
apathyman said:
Alvar - a biological environment based on a limestone plain or

Alvars - Tamil poet-saints of South India

... neither sounds plausible in this case, so how about Finlandia Hall in Helsinki designed by Finnish architect Alvar Aalto?

Cheers

Brian
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Yes, the Finlandia Hall in Helsinki.

Over to you
 
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