Tanya Preminger

[Norman Watts <Norman_Watts@zzzzzzz>]

A few days ago Bill Knight pointed out the work by Tanya Preminger. I
really like her work and have gone back to look at it several times.
Much of it makes me smile. I particularly like the playful aspects of
her work like toddling boulders and running tombstones. But as I look
at her work longer a few questions come to mind.

In some of the scenes such as "Liberty of Move" (under Park Projects)
she has placed an image of a young woman into the picture. I wonder
why she would do that. The figure is obviously "placed" and adds
nothing to the sculpture. Also, the same figure appears elsewhere,
such as  in "Twins" (under Project Proposals). I assume the figures
are supposed provide scale, but in "Liberty of Move" the scale can be
estimated anyway. I find the Photoshop approach disappointing.

"Gate to Sea" (under Project Proposals) has not been done yet, just
proposed, but it sure looks real, except where the stone meets the
grass. My question here is, could this actually be done? Would
limestone really allow that much tension? Here I'm thinking back to
discussions on the tensile strength of granite and the lintels in my
friend's proposed stone pergola. If not, why propose it? If yes, how
would the stone be supported?

Finally, I'm surprised that someone with as much originality as
Preminger would work the "breast" and "vulva" themes to death like
that. I'm sure she feels strongly about the subjects, but would
customers appreciate that much repetition?

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