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The Man Who Walked Between the Towers
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From: Susan Lempke <slempke>
Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2004 18:09:59 -0600
The thing I thought was truly stunning about Gerstein's work was the power of the comparison between two things, a pair of buildings and a daring deed, that seemed so different and turned out in the end to be the same. You have on the one hand a single human, a fragile thing, doing something that only lasts minutes--an incredibly audacious but temporary act. And on the other hand, you have these two massive, seemingly permanent structures involving thousands of people every day. So, although one seems to be permanent and one fleeting, both in fact are fleeting. It delivers a very powerful message about humans and their role in the world, but somehow remains optimistic in the end. Gerstein carried it out at least as much through the artwork as the words, with the slender man balanced between the two buildings, and I thought it was an amazing work altogether.
The book I was sorry to see overlooked was Rathmann's The Day the Babies Crawled Away, which I thought was very innovative and distinguished. Rathmann's use of the silhouette to isolate gesture and to tell a story was extraordinary.
Received on Thu 29 Jan 2004 06:09:59 PM CST
Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2004 18:09:59 -0600
The thing I thought was truly stunning about Gerstein's work was the power of the comparison between two things, a pair of buildings and a daring deed, that seemed so different and turned out in the end to be the same. You have on the one hand a single human, a fragile thing, doing something that only lasts minutes--an incredibly audacious but temporary act. And on the other hand, you have these two massive, seemingly permanent structures involving thousands of people every day. So, although one seems to be permanent and one fleeting, both in fact are fleeting. It delivers a very powerful message about humans and their role in the world, but somehow remains optimistic in the end. Gerstein carried it out at least as much through the artwork as the words, with the slender man balanced between the two buildings, and I thought it was an amazing work altogether.
The book I was sorry to see overlooked was Rathmann's The Day the Babies Crawled Away, which I thought was very innovative and distinguished. Rathmann's use of the silhouette to isolate gesture and to tell a story was extraordinary.
Received on Thu 29 Jan 2004 06:09:59 PM CST
