We’re not sure Kelly Slater will appreciate this or not, but Manhattan Beach, California artist Alison Wright and surfboard shaper Mark Brog have created a piece of art on display today at the Culver City Art Walk titled “If Slater Bowled.” The piece features a 10-foot tall bowling pin along with a bowling ball that is 4 feet in diameter, according to The Beach Reporter.
“The concept of the work responds to Los Angeles’ love affair with heroes as well as to the long, narrow characteristics of the gallery itself, which is featuring a group show of artists whose studios are in the Helms Building,” Wright said. “Several of the artist’s studios will be open in addition to the gallery during the art walk.”
Brog will reportedly try to surf the bowling pin after the show is over. Come to think of it, maybe Kelly should try it out on the WCT. Couldn’t hurt, right?
[Link: The Beach Reporter]
Given I can only see the front of the pin, is it a tri or quad fin? Using the pin would give Slater some challenge in an effort to win his 10th WCT.
This really has an psychological impact. It needs to be enacted. Right now it’s static. Let’s see and hear the impact of these 2 objects in motion? C’mon, I dare you…to my mind, these larger than life objects (like the 80’s pop art craze) begin to explore a wider mystery- something greater and more powerful than ourselves.
I was lucky enough to view
this 2- part installation in person — not only is it not static, it’s presence creates anticipatory tension in the viewer who tries to will the ball
to roll, the pin to fall — and reality notwithstanding,
walks out of the gallery still hoping to hear the dull thud and hard crack of ball against pin happening in the space behind. Sculptor Wright acknowledges that heroes
are magnificent and inspiring, with certain
strengths — and NOT others — the latter without the former can lead one to perceive a “hero” as just another “ordinary” person. Is
the artist asking us to look for our hero within?
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