Spotted in Philly...complete vintage aircraft sculpture

[RDMcG]

Has plants inside the greenhouse..........

[strudel]

I find that a little odd - why of a crashed plane?

[dr_gn]

Grumman S2?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grumman_S-2_Tracker

[perdu]

If that is a sculpture...


well

it isnt

it's an installation

utterly bloody stupid waste of time, intellect and without a doubt

money

Like that Jaguar in a gallery somewhere Londonish

Wasn't there also a Harrier

Talent? Probably got jealous because some bird used her grungy bed as a "Artwork"


bet you can tell I'm unimpressed

[Ginetta G15 Girl]

perdu said:

Like that Jaguar in a gallery somewhere Londonish

Don't get me started!

[perdu]

Sorry

But that's exactly how I feels too you know





oops

[Ginetta G15 Girl]

perdu said:

But that's exactly how I feels too you know

I know!

I was down the local RAFA Club this evening - Damn I have become an embittered old crone!

[Eric Mc]

I wonder what the message is supposed to be.

I presume this is a real aircraft and not a sculpted replica.

[Yertis]

I think it's pretty cool actually, although it's a shame it looks like it's just broken its neck. Old aeroplanes make an eminently good medium for sculptural work.

Not sure the problem with hanging a Jag or an Aston in a gallery either – I spend far more time looking at my TR6 and Quattro than driving either of them.

[Ledaig]

Err - bit different.


Story Link


Turns out he also has a web site which has a picture of the plane of the front page followed by, erm well, that's it just a single picture.

Oh, he does show is e-mail though if you want to chat with him.....


And his reasoning behind his 'sculpture'?

"....and turned it into this artistic creation which repurposes an instrument of destruction into a greenhouse filled with edible plants."

Edited by Ledaig on Friday 6th July 09:58

[RDMcG]

The plane was not a candidate for restoration and had no real importance, so I think its an improvement over scrapping the thing..sort of like a Roy Liechtenstein piece of pop art come to life.

[0a]

I like it. It's sparked this thread and we've all seen the picture of it so perhaps it's doing its job