http://blogs.getty.edu/iris/the-making-of-charles-rays-boy-with-frog/ The online magazine of the Getty Wed, 22 May 2013 18:32:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://blogs.getty.edu/iris/the-making-of-charles-rays-boy-with-frog/#comment-813619 hopponit Wed, 08 May 2013 06:12:41 +0000 http://blogs.getty.edu/iris/?p=4858#comment-813619 Nice. I find it strange that I think the sculpture looks pretty good when it's wrapped in paper to. Kind of looks like that was just another treatment for it instead of just an accidental effect. By the way the one in fiberglass is nice but you mentioned that the other copy is in stainless steel, I wonder how it would look as polished stainless and the other one wrapped in paper next to it for a contrast. Nice. I find it strange that I think the sculpture looks pretty good when it’s wrapped in paper to. Kind of looks like that was just another treatment for it instead of just an accidental effect. By the way the one in fiberglass is nice but you mentioned that the other copy is in stainless steel, I wonder how it would look as polished stainless and the other one wrapped in paper next to it for a contrast.

]]> http://blogs.getty.edu/iris/the-making-of-charles-rays-boy-with-frog/#comment-810568 Bob Sun, 05 May 2013 00:34:56 +0000 http://blogs.getty.edu/iris/?p=4858#comment-810568 Really? This entire article and that is your comment? I have news for you. That is not a real frog. Really? This entire article and that is your comment? I have news for you. That is not a real frog.

]]> http://blogs.getty.edu/iris/the-making-of-charles-rays-boy-with-frog/#comment-810565 Bob Sun, 05 May 2013 00:33:19 +0000 http://blogs.getty.edu/iris/?p=4858#comment-810565 Yeah, the railing keeps you about 9 feet away. The person saying you are 50 feet away has no idea what they are talking about. I guess some people can find something to complain about anywhere... Yeah, the railing keeps you about 9 feet away. The person saying you are 50 feet away has no idea what they are talking about. I guess some people can find something to complain about anywhere…

]]> http://blogs.getty.edu/iris/the-making-of-charles-rays-boy-with-frog/#comment-807902 Little boy Ernst Fri, 03 May 2013 00:26:53 +0000 http://blogs.getty.edu/iris/?p=4858#comment-807902 I am a 7 year old boy and I say, poor froggy! But I still like the art! I am a 7 year old boy and I say, poor froggy! But I still like the art!

]]> http://blogs.getty.edu/iris/the-making-of-charles-rays-boy-with-frog/#comment-236882 ADR Thu, 03 May 2012 23:51:34 +0000 http://blogs.getty.edu/iris/?p=4858#comment-236882 "Fabrication"...copying...hum...humm...How about some sculptors that took the time to learn how to model and draw,and not only that but have the touch the expresivity,real artists,eh ? “Fabrication”…copying…hum…humm…How about some sculptors that took the time to learn how to model and draw,and not only that but have the touch the expresivity,real artists,eh ?

]]> http://blogs.getty.edu/iris/the-making-of-charles-rays-boy-with-frog/#comment-61368 Jessica Portner Mon, 19 Sep 2011 23:40:35 +0000 http://blogs.getty.edu/iris/?p=4858#comment-61368 Hi Glen, Thank you for coming to see "Boy with Frog" and for your comments on the sculpture. I wonder if you could clarify your point on the viewing distance - when you said the railing was 50 feet from the side did you mean to say 10 feet or so? Hi Glen, Thank you for coming to see “Boy with Frog” and for your comments on the sculpture. I wonder if you could clarify your point on the viewing distance – when you said the railing was 50 feet from the side did you mean to say 10 feet or so?

]]> http://blogs.getty.edu/iris/the-making-of-charles-rays-boy-with-frog/#comment-60866 glen barrie Sun, 18 Sep 2011 20:40:58 +0000 http://blogs.getty.edu/iris/?p=4858#comment-60866 I traveled from Orange County to view the statue. It is magnificent. My complaint is on how the statue was displayed. I understand the need for security, and realize the risk factors given the nature of fiberglass. None the less. I was extremely disappointed that I was not afforded a closer view of this work. The railing kept every one at a fifty foot distance at least from the sides, and a much further viewing distance from the front. This is not the way to display a great work of art. I inquired at the desk if I might be able to get closer to take a few close up photographs, and was politely brushed off. The work is beautiful, but the display could have been more thoughtfully presented. I traveled from Orange County to view the statue. It is magnificent. My complaint is on how the statue was displayed. I understand the need for security, and realize the risk factors given the nature of fiberglass. None the less. I was extremely disappointed that I was not afforded a closer view of this work. The railing kept every one at a fifty foot distance at least from the sides, and a much further viewing distance from the front. This is not the way to display a great work of art.
I inquired at the desk if I might be able to get closer to take a few close up photographs, and was politely brushed off. The work is beautiful, but the display could have been more thoughtfully presented.

]]> http://blogs.getty.edu/iris/the-making-of-charles-rays-boy-with-frog/#comment-45121 Wednesday links | Tyler Green: Modern Art Notes | ARTINFO.com Wed, 27 Jul 2011 12:59:57 +0000 http://blogs.getty.edu/iris/?p=4858#comment-45121 [...] the Getty’s Iris blog, Jessica Portner explains how the Charles Ray now on view at the Getty was fabricated. (Notably absent from the pictures: The Martin Puryear that the Ray is presumably staring down. [...] [...] the Getty’s Iris blog, Jessica Portner explains how the Charles Ray now on view at the Getty was fabricated. (Notably absent from the pictures: The Martin Puryear that the Ray is presumably staring down. [...]

]]> http://blogs.getty.edu/iris/the-making-of-charles-rays-boy-with-frog/#comment-45072 Robert Thain Wed, 27 Jul 2011 08:54:05 +0000 http://blogs.getty.edu/iris/?p=4858#comment-45072 Richard, It's a shame boys aren't a little more humane. Or maybe all the boys I have known have just been horrors, never deliberately cruel, but horrors none the less. Richard, It’s a shame boys aren’t a little more humane. Or maybe all the boys I have known have just been horrors, never deliberately cruel, but horrors none the less.

]]> http://blogs.getty.edu/iris/the-making-of-charles-rays-boy-with-frog/#comment-44927 Richard Meade Tue, 26 Jul 2011 19:18:33 +0000 http://blogs.getty.edu/iris/?p=4858#comment-44927 Wish he was holding the frog in a more humane way, like under its front legs. Wish he was holding the frog in a more humane way, like under its front legs.

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