Wednesday, September 23, 2020

The Four Seasons

 



Another art exhibit that appeared at the Desert Botanical Garden consisted of these four sculptures by filmmaker and artist Phillip Haas.  The group is called The Four Seasons and it's the artist's rendition of the paintings of Giuseppe Arcimboldo, the 16th century Italian painter.  Arcimboldo was known for his portraits where the features of the face were composed from fruits, vegetables and a variety of plants. You can see some of his paintings here.  

Winter, pictured to the left is a rather gnarly looking character.  










Spring (above) is a flowery fellow and Summer to the left is abundant with fruits and vegetables.  

I enjoyed taking photos of these sculptures and I posted a few shots several times back in 2012 and 2013 when they were on display.  This is  a link to my favorite of those shots.  

16 comments:

biebkriebels said...

Creative art there!

Travel said...

The change of seasons seems to be a theme this fall, maybe it is because we were home all summer and kind of missed it.

Sami said...

Very artistic and cleverly done.

Andy said...

It certainly is a different way of creating art.

PerthDailyPhoto said...

How incroyable they are Sharon, both the sculptures here and the paintings that inspired them. Sooooo clever 💜

Revrunner said...

Some wonderful creativity there, for sure. :-)

Bill said...

Very creative and unique!

Kay said...

I've seen these sorts of sculptures before and always find them interesting. These are wonderful.

William Kendall said...

These are marvelous!

Catalyst said...

Amazing.

Karl said...

Beautiful and very creative !
I remember your previous posts, but I didn't think it was already 7-8 years ago ...

Steve Reed said...
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Steve Reed said...

LOL -- sorry -- I commented before reading your text. These ARE fantastic sculptures, though. :)

Gemel said...

Absolutely spectacular.

Susie of Arabia said...

I adore these - So fun and creative!