Max no problem
P modestly
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From: Poetryetc: poetry and poetics [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Max Richards
Sent: 03 June 2010 20:32
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Subject: Re: snap: the sculpture opening
Patrick, you need to be judged 'influential' by the sculptor.
On the wall, I might have added, were snaps of him holding calipers
to the head of each subject, in the privacy of their own homes.
Max
On 3/06/10 6:45 PM, "Patrick McManus" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Max what a picture -hey I could have full size sculptures of me at my hovel
> !!!!!
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Poetryetc: poetry and poetics [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
> Behalf Of Max Richards
> Sent: 02 June 2010 10:45
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: snap: the sculpture opening
>
> The Sculpture Opening
>
> We wanted to go because four years back
> we�d got the sculptor, Graeme Foote,
> to make us a plaque naming our house �Iris�.
>
> In his �Hawthorn Studio & Gallery�
> he�s showing �Life size sculptures in stoneware
> of 6 Influential Australian Women�.
>
> Life size! � the first thing you worry about is
> had they hoped for slimmer versions?
> I edged in sideways, made for the cheese plate
>
> (no weight worries, me) then circled warily.
> Dame Elisabeth Murdoch � here not for being
> Rupert�s Mum, but Melbourne�s philanthropist.
>
> On tv she crinkles up her centenarian face
> benignly. Here Graeme�s smoothed her somewhat.
> Stephanie Alexander, cook book guru, stands
>
> supported in front by a neat kitchen shelf
> and chopping block, themselves slimming.
> Christine Nixon, sturdy police chief, at her desk,
>
> her smart cap perched on the corner of her chair.
> The others I could list and describe but won�t.
> Distinguished, smoothed, quietly flattered.
>
> I have to compliment the sculptor � �Graeme,
> I say, they�re splendid, and many touches of wit.
> I point to Stephanie�s stoneware knife and fruit.
>
> But what is their future? They need a whole gallery.�
> �I invited one lady to buy the lot for her collection �
> she only wanted herself.� Philanthropy �
>
> it only goes so far in cases such as this.
>
> Max Richards
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