Φωτογραφίες

pierrefonds (114395) 2020-06-11 6:57

Hi Rob,

You have captured well the concentration of the person trying to touch the ball. The point of view is showing the details of the basket ball suspended in the solution of water. You note is giving a lot of information about the artwork. Have a nice day.

Pierre

holmertz (102650) 2020-06-11 8:37

Hello Rob,
Three entertaining and eye-catching photos that stimulate my imagination and expand the concept of art. The main photo and "Throw the ball" make me wonder if you had any connection with the persons or were just lucky to capture their spontaneous actions.
Best regards,
Gert

tyro (30513) 2020-06-11 9:00

Hello Rob,

An interesting story and three delightful and well taken photographs of this fascinating artwork, each one made from a well considered viewpoint - while your main photograph just has to be my favourite with another visitor to the Ashmolean maybe trying to catch the baseball or maybe just trying to come to terms with its state of resting equilibrium.

And, as always, each photograph is of excellent technical quality.

Wonderful!

Kind Regards,

John.

jhm (211736) 2020-06-11 10:42

Goedenavond Rob,

Ja echt verrast ben ik niet van uw museum bezoek.
En uw foto is natuurlijk de kers op de taart om iemand deze positie te kunnen laten aannemen
Vol expressie en schitterend gepresenteerd.
Goed foto werk, bedankt.

Prettige avond,
John

emka (158092) 2020-06-11 11:39

Hello Rob,
As I read on Google and heard on Youtube, " defying the rules of gravity, a lone basketball hovers at the absolute centre of a tank filled with water. It is a work that mesmerises its audience and holds them enthralled through a combination of the ordinary, the familiar and the seemingly impossible. With the guidance of Nobel Prize-winning physicist Richard P. Feynman, Koons was able to attain a state of equilibrium for several months, although the ‘permanent equilibrium’ he originally envisaged remained beyond reach". Isn't it that the solution and the ball have the same density and the ball can float just in every position inside the tank? I have read also, that there are similar works with two and three balls in a tank/ Original idea but without the symbolical meaning, it is (for me) just the basketball in a container.

But I like the pictures with the interactions with the visitors. I was also in this fascinating museum but I was interested in other objects of art.
Best regards MAlgo

Miguel82 (47110) 2020-06-11 12:27

Hallo Rob, the artist found an idea to maintain the ball suspended. He uses a solution made of pure salt and distilled water. That artwork combines sciences and art. Fine colors, good sharpness, interesting photo note, regards.

COSTANTINO (116421) 2020-06-11 22:37

Hello dear friend and have a nice
weekend
nice timing for you and nice
presentation from this man
clever idea indeed
regards
Costantino

ifege (48019) 2020-06-12 23:56

Hi Rob
Heading to museums on wet days is always our standard travel option too. A good trio of photos of this work that I haven't seen before. Great choice for the main one.
cheers
Ian

worldcitizen (16048) 2020-06-16 14:05

Hello Rob,
This is a fun capture. You snapped at just the right moment to catch the man reaching for the ball. It's a nice mix of magic and art. :-)

jmdias (115100) 2020-08-22 10:54

rob

a surprising piece, if art is surprise, at least here he got a point. I liked a lot the personage playing with the ball and the images in the WS too.
here the coldest day of year, frost and some snow in higher southern areas of brazil.

take care

jorge