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Whitstable harbour shines out across the water to welcome all to view this spectacular light sculpture.
There are more bulbs in this one display (822) than the rest of the town at Christmas put together! But then that's not hard to beat is it?
The sculpture was commissioned by Canterbury Council in the "Make it Real" cultural programme and cost a whopping £30,000. The artist from Newcastle (why not find a local artist to give £30k to?) went through lots of different ideas before coming up with the obvious then could not get it off the ground because of high winds.
Hanging eerily above the East quay, it gently illuminates the harbour for all dining at the Crab & Winkle Restaurant to enjoy. Oh how that must irk Mr. Green as his patrons miss out.
New Moon is in Whitstable till January 6th, unless we get some strong winds, then try Sheppey
These are some of the works at the Art Gallery come community centre in it’s opening week.
We all criticise some of the exhibitions that have been on at the Horsebridge in the past, but this one you should have seen. This is artwork; that if displayed in your home will encourage conversation for or against but rarely will it provoke apathy!. You do not have to have a penchant for pornography, naked women or anything seedy. This is just the artist (Sally Hewett) expressing herself in a very unique way. These embroidered body parts took great skill with a needle, and hours were spent even on the smaller works with thousands of French knots.
Alongside these unique works, were some other very impressive pieces using acrylic paint and varnish from the same artist that would have appealed to the more conventional art collector.
I wanted the tongue personally, and re-name it "What I think of Canterbury Council". Sally called it “The Morning After”.
Beautiful? Ugly? Erotic? Or just funny?
