Page 33 - Studio International - July August 1972
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CAMBRIDGE

          Barry Flanagan






















































          The shadows' abstraction upon the meadow carries some mathematical sense

                                                                                              It took half a year to discover that I had to
                                                                                              make the sculpture myself. With the valuable
                                                                                              assistance of Andy Elton and Roger Moss the
                                                                                              piece was delivered on time. The environs of
                                                                                              The Mill appealed to me like any visitor to
                                                                                              Cambridge. The work undertaken was to be
                                                                                              manifestly visual, very much to do with the
                                                                                              eye, the site, and the seasonal scenario; the
                                                                                              storm came later, before the light of summer
                                                                                              had a chance to play on the surfaces of shape, to
                                                                                              dry to a husk the sadness of a hard winter.
                                                                                                Cambridge is a remarkable place, a world
                                                                                              village spider with antennae instead of legs. If a
                                                                                              picture is worth a thousand words, a sculpture
                                                                                              is worth five hundred column inches. Mutual
                                                                                              shock sustained.  q













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