Jennie smile

Jennie smile / Steven Siegel / Paper and logs

住家附近有條步道,據說可以從家附近,沿著樹林一路走到當地的美術館(十公里內),再走到鎮外的州立公園(四十多公里).特地起了個大早要去試走這條市民步道,開車到美術館以它為出發點,有人還信誓旦旦的說要走到州立公園為止.一個半小時後步道上了高速公路, '原來這就是平常開車時會看到從樹林裡冒出來的橋呀~'..
橋邊有張地圖, 一看地圖, 'ㄜ, 快走到我們今天早上離開的家了耶!' 阿,走錯方向了...我們變成從家裡開到美術館,又走回家附近,現在得走回美術館去把車開回家...因此多了很多機會慢慢欣賞美術館在樹林裡放置的作品,也不錯....

照片上是座以報紙層層包圍住中心枯木的雕塑品, 或是可以說成以樹木為中心的報紙樹.乍看像個大枯木樹幹或是樹林裡的大螞蟻窩. 報紙這個從自然環境生長出來的文化產物, 可以歷經多久的歲月呢? 看這幾個連方向都分不清的傢伙, Jennie 應該笑的很開心吧...

Steven Siegel’s temporary sculptures consist of multiple layers of materials culled from the castoffs of contemporary culture. Encapsulating the clash between nature and culture, Siegel’s works push viewers to think about contemporary consumer culture, the depletion of natural resources, and the resulting mountains of debris and recycled materials. to see Jennie smile is composed of several tons of unused newspapers donated by the News and Observer, representing two weeks of leftovers. The artist prepared the form by removing the tops of a pair of trees, which were sectioned into small logs to form a base. The structure is anchored inside around the trunks of the trees. The paper, exposed to the elements in the forest along the Woodland Trail, is predicted to last for about 10 years.