Saturday, May 23, 2009

Flower whimsy

You are on your way to the Guggenheim museum in Bilbao when suddenly you're distracted......



Tell me you're not smiling yet .....


Puppy predominates the front of Frank Gehry's 
iconic museum in Bilbao, Spain.


Puppy stands at thirty six feet tall ! 
And is covered in thousands of flowers.

The Guggengeim Puppy is heir to a long tradition of topiary sculpture. While he may seem silly in our so called sophisticated age, he is in fact steeped in antiquity. Geometrical and animal shaped compositions of boxwood and coniferous trees have been around for a very long time. 

And... apparently topiary is having a fashion moment .....

Well then....I think I might...hmmm...the garden does need work.....hmmm...................

Maybe not.

 Jeff Koons, crazy, wonderful, post pop artist.

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