Sometimes the ungainly and the odd can also make quite and impact. It is not necessary that one needs grace and elegance to make an impact, sheer ability will also do. In more sporting terms, it does not matter if you dribble the ball as beautifully as a star-studded Brazilian side did at 2006 soccer world cup, the fact remains that a less splendid but more resolute Italian team won the cup eventually. Art also need not always the most beautiful, especially when it is aimed at a good cause.
Nancy Rubins has been creating visually stunning sculptures out of salvaged industrial and consumer goods including mattresses, trailers, hot water heaters, airplanes and small appliances since the late 1970s. She turns everything useless in to sculptures that defy both logic and gravity. The picture that you see is her sculpture on top of Museum of Contemporary Art and is cantilevered welcoming visitors with its amazing gravity defying presence. It is an accumulation of rowboats, canoes, jet skis, and surfboards. It is named as ‘Pleasure Point’.
The sculpture is present at La Jolla, California and looks up at the Pacific. This stunning piece of balance is a tribute made by her not just to the spirit of the ocean but also is a tribute to her imaginative recycling skills. While art work may not be of any great use (and art was never meant to be so), but it still saves us from a lot of trash. In other words we are allowed to put the stuff we throw in the bin, in middle of our halls. Now that is truly eco friendly.
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