The Big Applecore

[Eliza Hodgkins 1812]

Originally Posted by LSPoorEeyorick

-MoMA (where we saw the strangest naked mannequin family I've ever seen, the piece entiled "family romance," among other exciting art exhibits.

Charles Ray! One of my favorites!

http://www.moma.org/collection/brows...bject_id=81284

He scaled this sculpture by averaging the subjects' heights. The really fantastic thing about scale is how strange things look when their proportions do not meet our expectations. A sculptor once made a human sized Barbie doll dress. He scaled it proportionately so that it would fit a real woman, and everything on the garment remained as it would be if it were designed for the doll. So, the waist was ridiculously tiny, the bust ridiculously huge and the snaps were ENORMOUS.

Charles Ray also sculpted a couple (maybe more) of tall business women. They were giantesses. It was so much fun watching people stand in front of it. Some men would get visibly uncomfortable. It was neat.

I love this one, too.

http://www.thecityreview.com/s00conc1.gif