tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post3238574682055324432..comments2024-02-13T10:20:04.888+00:00Comments on David Hepworth's blog: Day returnDavid Hepworthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05973053694541321308noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post-46723296636745767682008-05-07T20:36:00.000+01:002008-05-07T20:36:00.000+01:00I like the fact that "another" is link-highlighted...I like the fact that "another" is link-highlighted in Dave's original piece, i.e. "God help us, ANOTHER of those debates". St Pancras, which I walk past every day, is as successful an architectural venture as any in the capital in recent memory, and very close to being awe-inspiring once you're inside. And all the wooden-tops can whinge on about is the art that adorns it. I thought any decent art was meant to divide opinion; it would be deathly dull if it didn't. It's like saying the Sydney Opera House is all right, but those aboriginal paintings in the foyer are well rubbish.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post-48011219092733322662008-05-07T17:54:00.000+01:002008-05-07T17:54:00.000+01:00Churchill in Parliament Square is not in uniform b...Churchill in Parliament Square is not in uniform but looks rather magnificent. And Betjemen in St Pancras is in "modern" dress too and is also rather good (and well liked it seems). So I do not buy this modern dress being bad - as with all art, it will be of its time. If it is thought to be good, then that will apply whatever the style of dress and vice versa. Ultimately we are just too near it to appreciate it yet - give it 20 years to settle in and then review.Blackacrehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15808024417861534968noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post-67867906701587924362008-05-07T17:09:00.000+01:002008-05-07T17:09:00.000+01:00I like the empty plinth being a rotating space, th...I like the empty plinth being a rotating space, the debate it generates is fun and if something is rotten it's gone in 18 months.BLTPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06564846497205095201noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post-52253228549165745862008-05-07T15:11:00.000+01:002008-05-07T15:11:00.000+01:00I am happy to live with Alyson Lapper on the empt...I am happy to live with Alyson Lapper on the empty plinth; rather sensual and sexy, I think.Clairhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01914896847679973163noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post-34518589166677916552008-05-07T14:31:00.000+01:002008-05-07T14:31:00.000+01:00That empty plinth in Trafalgar Square. I’m serious...That empty plinth in Trafalgar Square. I’m seriously considering getting up a petition for a statue of Morecambe & Wise (in the classic one leg kicked-back pose). It’s probably the last thing the British public really agreed about. <BR/>Don’t have any objection to the military statues (as lots of people seem to for some reason) but it would be nice to commemorate people who cheered us all up.Richard Lowehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04237260684135790673noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post-68552637167407890592008-05-07T13:12:00.000+01:002008-05-07T13:12:00.000+01:00Three cheers for good old fashion British cynicism...Three cheers for good old fashion British cynicism that's what I say. <BR/><BR/>He'll be down the nightclub that night trying to pick up someone else whilst the cats away I reckon.marmiteboyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06727386811098683743noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post-20222286531216563762008-05-07T12:14:00.000+01:002008-05-07T12:14:00.000+01:00No, because most statues are of people in uniforms...No, because most statues are of people in uniforms, not civilian clothes. Uniforms may date too, but somehow that's okay. <BR/><BR/>I know what I mean, anyway.Jon Peakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04471926651090670258noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post-48150803187660174942008-05-07T11:12:00.000+01:002008-05-07T11:12:00.000+01:00The fellow's in a suit and the woman's in a skirt ...The fellow's in a suit and the woman's in a skirt - how 'modern' is that? And what's the alternative?<BR/><BR/>If "modern dress" "dates" a statue, then that's all of them except the nudes, isn't it?<BR/><BR/>Is Nelson "dated", and therefore redundant?<BR/><BR/>I like the St. Pancras statue - the scale, and the romantiicism, at least - just not the chocolate brown colour.<BR/><BR/>DH is right about not seeing people weeping anymore, but I presumed the statue was deliberately nostalgic/romantic - in keeping with the reconstruction of the station itself. It may not be backward-looking stylistically, but in the reconfiguring of it as a huge, dramatic building, like wot stations used to be.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post-15599381581535610072008-05-07T10:10:00.000+01:002008-05-07T10:10:00.000+01:00The modern dress thing is a problem. It's going to...The modern dress thing is a problem. It's going to date very badly. Statues shouldn't really date.<BR/><BR/>It's impressive though, just for the sheer scale of it.Jon Peakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04471926651090670258noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post-8777380844410222232008-05-07T08:49:00.000+01:002008-05-07T08:49:00.000+01:00I was quite impressed with it, despite my reservat...I was quite impressed with it, despite my reservations.<BR/>However, I was somewhat disappointed that you can't see up her skirt properly.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post-70992362770895564952008-05-07T08:28:00.000+01:002008-05-07T08:28:00.000+01:00Visited St Pancras for the first time a couple of ...Visited St Pancras for the first time a couple of weeks ago and it seems that I agree with the majority of Londoners on something. I don't like the sculpture of the parting lovers either . . . however the John Betjeman is rather wonderful :<BR/><BR/>http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2033/2421044095_c160a91a6b_m.jpg <BR/><BR/>Simon James xAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com