Naum Gabo: Constructions for Life
It all started having breakfast at a pub in the quintessential Surrey village of Shere.
About ten vintage cars with owners were on a day out. We drove and navigated our way on the narrow lanes over the North Downs to the RHS Gardens at Wisley to see the SSS Sculpture Trail in which I was exhibiting.
On arrival at the massive overflow car park, we were greeted by a pair of identical twin boys interested in my 1929 Morgan Three-Wheeler. Once we had paid our admission fees, I expected the group to fragment but no, they wanted me to give a guided tour.
I began by talking about how sculptures were made in various mediums and then a little bit on artistic interpretation.
As I moved on, the public started to earwig what I was saying. I invited them to join in, and like the Pied Piper, the numbers rapidly expanded.
By the time we reached my own sculpture we were probably forty strong.
Without them knowing it was mine, I asked for comments: “It looks like she has found the man of her dreams but his love for her is ephemeral and about to disintegrate” said one lady.
A man jokingly remarked that he “liked his bit on the side” and another male view was “it’s funny but women can always see-through men”.
Written by Michael Joseph
Michael Joseph & his twin brother, with Michael's
1929 Morgan Three-Wheeler
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