♪ >> THE FLYING HORSE SCULPTURE
EXHIBIT IS I BELIEVE THE LARGEST TEMPORARY OUTDOOR SCULPTURE
EXHIBIT IN THE AREA.
TED: REPRESENTING OVER 50 PIECES OF WORK FROM LOCAL, NATIONAL,
AND INTERNATIONAL ARTISTS.
>> REPRESENTING A VARIETY OF STYLES AND SIZES AND MEDIA.
TED: IT’S AMAZING THAT THIS REMARKABLE EXHIBIT IS A BIT
UNDER THE RADAR.
AGO OF JUDITH KLEIN, WHO SAW HER WORKPLACE IS THE PERFECT SETTING
FOR OUTDOOR SCULPTURE AND PUBLIC ART.
IT’S AN INDEPENDENT SECONDARY SCHOOL IN HAMILTON MASSACHUSETTS
SEEMS TO MAGICALLY SPROUT SCULPTURES OF ALL KINDS.
BUT YOU HAVE TO LOOK.
AND IT ALL COMES DOWN?
>> IT DOES.
NOVEMBER 30, THE SHOW IS OVER.
>> I LOVE THE SHOW.
MY OFFICE IS RIGHT BEHIND ME AND I GET A LOOK OUT AND SEE PEOPLE
OUT HERE TALKING SAYING IT’S THE FIRST TIME THEY HAVE EVER BEEN
THERE AND IT’S EXCITING TO WELCOME THEM.
TE STRUCTURAL ENGINEER JOE FIX IS DOING HIS FOURTH FLYING HORSE
SHOW SHAPES.
>> THERE ARE A LOT OF SITES WHERE IT MIGHT FIT IN WELL.
LIKE THIS ONE.
TED: FOUR SKYPE -- SCULPTOR MICHAEL ALBINO, IT’S ABOUT THE
ART BEING AS ACCESSIBLE AND PUBLIC AS POSSIBLE.
>> IT’S ART FOR THE PEOPLE.
>> IT’S THE BEST BACKDROP FOR AN OUTDOOR SCULPTURE.
EVERY FALL IS DIFFERENT AND IT FEELS LIKE EVERY FALL WE
TRANSFORM BECAUSE OF THE SHOW.
>> FROM LARGE SCULPTURE TO SMALL , THE BOSTON SOUTH END, WHERE
CHRIS ABRAMS WAS INSTALLING HIS OWN SHOW, ONE WHERE VISITORS
SHOULD BE PREPARED TO THINK AS WELL AS LOOK.
>> AND SOME COME UP TO IT AND SAY I GET IT AND OTHERS YOU HAVE
TO SEARCH AND STUDY A BIT TO GET SOMETHING OUT OF IT.
TED: A MEMBER OF THE BOSTON SCULPTURE SCENE, HE ADMITS HE
DRAWS ON BEING A TEACHER AND BEING AND OBSERVE -- AN OBSERVER
OF WHERE THE NATION IS AT.
>> SEEMS LIKE WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT NOTHING BUT WALLS FOR THE
LAST SEVERAL YEARS.
THIS IS THE THOUGHT ABOUT WHERE THAT LEADS.
TED: I DO HAVE ONE QUESTION.
WHO PAID FOR THIS WALL?
EVEN HIS LARGEST PIECE, CONTINENTAL DIVIDE, HIDES NUANCE
AND SUBTLETY.
I SEE YOU ARE ON THE RED SIDE.
>> I AM ON THE RED SIDE RIGHT NOW.
TE THOSE PUSHPINS?
LOOK CLOSELY.
>> THERE IS A MEGAPHONE.
BUT WE ARE NOT REALLY LISTENING.
NONE OF THEM ARE POINTED AT ONE ANOTHER.
THEY ARE ALL JUST SORT OF BROADCASTING.
TED: WHAT DO YOU IDEALLY WANT PEOPLE TO GET FROM THIS EXHIBIT?
>> I REALLY WANT PEOPLE TO COME TO THIS, ENJOY LOOKING AT THE
PIECES AND HAVE A LINGERING NOTION AFTERWARDS THAT THEY HAVE
TO WRESTLE WITH.
TED: PERISCOPE?
QUESTION, DID YOU KNOW THAT THIS, THIS, AND YES EVEN THIS,
ALL FIT IN A WALKING STICK?
CHOPSTICKS?
>> YOU HAVE GOT YOUR CHOPSTICKS IN YOUR KNIFE.
TORTOISE SHELL.
IT’S ILLEGAL TO TRADE THAT TODAY.
TED: DIDN’T KNOW THAT EITHER, DID YOU?
BILL DIXON IS AN AUTHORITY ON CANES AND WALKING STICKS.
AFTER ALL, HE OWNS OVER 1000 OF THEM.
>> I’M SO FASCINATED, WHENEVER I SEE ONE.
TE THE RETIRED FOXBORO ACCOUNTANT HAS ALWAYS LOVED
WALKING STICKS.
DECORATIVE TYPES ARE FINE AND CAN BE EXQUISITELY CREATED AND
HE HAS ENOUGH OF THEM TO HELP PROP UP A SMALL ARMY, BUT IT IS
A PARTICULAR TYPE OF WALKING STICK THAT ENTHRALLS HIM.
THE GADGET KIND.
>> I’M STILL AMAZED AT WHAT YOU CAN FIND INSIDE.
IT’S A UKULELE.
I CAN’T PLAY IT, BUT.
TED: SO, THEN YOU COULD LIKE THAT AND HAVE A CANDLE.
>> SO YOU CAN SE THIS ONE BELONGED TO A FLAPPER.
DO YOU KNOW WHAT A FLAPPER IS?
TED: THE DANCER FROM THE 1920’S?
>> YEAH.
[LAUGHTER] TED: WHOA.
A SWORD IN A CANE.
THE PAINTERS KIT IN A PALLET -- AND A PALLET.
SO THE LITTLE SHOW AND TELL WENT.
AND YOU THOUGHT THAT WALKING STICKS WERE JUST FOR WALKING.
>> IF YOU NEEDED TO HAIL A CAB?
ANTHONY: UNFORTUNATELY, BILL DIXON’S AMAZING WALKING STICK
COLLECTION IS A PRIVATE ONE, AND CHRIS ABRAMS’ EXHIBIT IN BOSTON
IS NOW CLOSED.
THE FLYING HORSE EXHIBIT AT THE PINGREE SCHOOL IN HAMILTON ALSO
CLOSED AT THE END OF LAST YEAR.