moore/christo/anti NF

As a further response to the 'response to modernism is this postmodernism' theme brought up by the pylons, i also wanted to post this image. Its not off the beaten track - just outside Leeds Art Gallery.
Its the Henry Moore reclining nude, wrapped, in a not trying to be christo but being christo way. I was working at the gallery and went out at lunch and the council had wrapped all the sculptures, some in white, some in blue and some others i saw as i drove home in green.



It was they said to protect them from the anti BNP march the following day. I got excited went back into the gallery saw one of the nice warden guys and said without knowing it a large scale public art intervention was occuring right outside, and that the council had unknowingly provided the gallery with a set of Christo wrappings. He replyed in an unexcitied manner- "Oh, its not as good as the fact they've sawn the xmas tree down, that they put up last week, a gift from sweden, so that next week when it goes back up it will be 2 foot shorter."

Also on the first photo youll see chalk drawings. the body outline on the right says katherine, the stick man says anorexic, both done by the jumpy boys and skaters - the gallery doesnt like that they do drawings ! For me the moore, christo, stickman combination is genius - the gallery didnt agree.