ON STATUES.
“In London to-day we have the farcical exhibition in our newspaper correspondence columns and in the smoking-rooms of the clubs of medi(leva lists condemning and complaining of the ugliness of Epstein’s ‘Day’ or ‘Night,’ but gusling with enthusiasm for the still uglier gargoyles which so beautifully decorate Gothic cathedrals —proving, as usual, the platitude that the uglinoss of to-day becomes the lieauty of to-morrow, or that some can see no beauty except in those tilings hallowed by ago,’’ writes Mr C. R. W. Nevinson in the .July “London Magazine.” “There can be little doubt that the general public look at a statue with an idea that it is some kind of photograph carved out of stone or cast in bronze. Why the public should demand this is completely incomprehensive, as it would be the first to howl with laughter at any general if, during his lifetime, lie placed a stone pedestal in the middle of the road and there sat on his favourite charger, surrounded by motor-buses and taxicabs.’’
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Hokitika Guardian, 14 August 1930, Page 2
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171ON STATUES. Hokitika Guardian, 14 August 1930, Page 2
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