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Moon art
The lunar touchdown of the Odysseus spacecraft this week
brought the very first "authorized*" work of art to the moon! American
artist Jeff Koons had a new sculpture series hitch a ride with Odysseus
(also known as “Odie”), which just completed the US’ first landing on
the lunar surface in more than 50 years. Koon's work consists of a clear
plastic box containing 125 mini-sculptures of the moon, each measuring
about one inch in diameter. Called “Moon Phases,” they show 62 phases of
the moon as seen from Earth, 62 phases visible from other viewpoints in
space, and one lunar eclipse. Each sculpture is inscribed with the name
of a groundbreaking figure in human history, including Aristotle, David
Bowie, Leonardo da Vinci, Gandhi, Billie Holiday, Gabriel García
Márquez, Andy Warhol and Virginia Woolf.
* We say "authorized" because it's not technically the first art on the moon. In 1971, Apollo 15 crew members left an aluminum figure by the Belgian artist Paul Van Hoeydonck, as well as a commemorative plaque for 14 astronauts and cosmonauts who died in service. It’s also long been believed that six famous artists — Andy Warhol, Robert Rauschenberg, John Chamberlain, Claes Oldenburg, Forrest Myers and David Novros — covertly sent a joint artwork aboard Apollo 12 two years earlier.
Disappointed that I missed our annual ...
my first miss in 52 years.
I am sure it was great!
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2 comments:
The white spots can't be understood? Had to think quite some time about your collage, Jacki. I like it, it's great.
Love the mistiness of the blue. :-)
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