Waldy & Bendy discuss sculpture after a chat with Antony Gormley, and then entertain themselves in the lockdown by watching a terrible film about Frida Kahlo. Then Waldy chooses a Fatimid ewer for his imaginary shelf.
SCULPTURE
Shaping The World (2020)
Carved stone ball, classed as Neolithic, mostly found in Scotland
Stone spheres of Costa Rica
The Easter Island Moai at the British Museum (c. 1000-1600 AD)
The Sleeping Buddha in Sri Lanka (12th century)
Angel of the North (1998) by Antony Gormley (1950-)
Another Place (2005) by Antony Gormley
Event Horizon (2007) by Antony Gormley
Spiral Jetty (1970) by Robert Smithson (1938-1973)
ART FILMS
Frida (2002) directed by Julie Taymor
Frida Still Life (1983) directed by Paul Leduc
ON THE WALL
Portrait of a young man holding a roundel (c. 1485) by Sandro Botticelli (1445-1510)
Closeup of the roundel
Rock Crystal Ewer (c. 1000-1050) from Egypt
