Words and picture by the London-based artist Natalie d’Arbeloff, who wrote:
I took the photo on London’s South Bank. It shows the roof of the Hayward Gallery on which is standing one of the Anthony Gormley life-size statues (casts of his own body) which were set up in various locations during his exhibition at the Hayward last year. I added the words only today [Sept. 6th]. The image seems to me to represent solitude in a strong and affirmative way.
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8 comments in “alone”
November 28th, 2008 at 9:53 am
It is wonderful!
November 28th, 2008 at 11:20 am
Amazing image, and the words, just right.
November 28th, 2008 at 3:46 pm
Cool! Although I have to say the person looks poised to dive off the building!
November 29th, 2008 at 12:47 am
Ha! I love those guys, they always stop me in my tracks. Really enjoyed this one!
November 29th, 2008 at 5:37 am
Superb, Natalie, Really powerful! That the huge, bold letters don’t dwarf the figure, but enhance its power, is the kind of thing I would never know, or think to try.
I’m slightly dismayed, though, to note another reaction – I took so many photos of the Gormley figures that I think they’re mine and rather resent anyone else’s having communed with them
I suppose that’s the essence of a great work of art: every one who sees it thinks it’s just for them.
November 29th, 2008 at 2:04 pm
Lovely image and words.
A card for single people to surprise themselves with on Valentine’s Day, perhaps.
Are we ever really alone? Whenever I’m “alone”, that’s when the people in my memories press close.
December 1st, 2008 at 11:21 am
For me, there’s a sense of strength and self-determination in the upright posture of the figure surveying all that lies below.
December 1st, 2008 at 7:55 pm
Thanks people, your comments really appreciated.
I know there have been some fabulous pictures of the Gormley clones (especially yours, Jean) and all of them reflect different personalities.
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