For my blog post I decided to use Patricia Ayres collection of sculptures titled “2-18-5-14-4-1-14-3-12-15-14-6-5-18-20”, “7-5-18-20-18-21-4-5-8-5-9-6-20-1”, and “2-15-14-1-16-9-14-1.” To answer the prompt quite simply, no, it cannot be replicated in the way that paintings can. When I first approached this somewhat unsettling sculpture of bulging elastics, hooks, and straps it somehow immediately felt organic or human. I had not read the placard yet much of the artists intention was conveyed to me. These pieces were meant to look like “anthropomorphic sculptures that blur the boundary between body and garment.” I feel that by being immersed in nature I was already primed to look at this piece with an organic natural lens. While looking back at the photographs I took, being removed from the intended setting, that message does not feel easily conveyed. If the High Line offered a print or a miniature replica of this piece in their gift shop, I would have the same assessment that I had when I viewing Water Lilies by Monet at the MOMA. That is, if you are not witnessing the art in its intended setting, or at its intended scale, then the impact will likely be lost on you. Furthermore, if this exhibit was moved to an indoor setting I believe that much of the organic feelings brought on by its blending with nature would be lost.
