SEEMINGLY PEACEFUL 2 – OUMA SARAH- PUBLIC SCULPTURE
August 26, 2019SEEMINGLY PEACEFUL 1 & 2 MAQUETTES
August 26, 2019
SCULPTURE DETAILS
- Title: Seemingly Peaceful 2 – Ouma Sarah
- Description: An old woman, Ouma Sarah, sits - seemingly peaceful - and sleeps on a park bench. I weigh up and question the adjective “peacefully”. When she, Ouma Sarah, as an old lady, reflects upon the world, can she feel serene? Does she wonder and reflect on how she and her peers have managed to cause the degeneration of the planet? Does she care about the legacy she has left behind? Ouma Sarah, with layers of knowledge and experience like the growth rings of a tree: was your life egocentric or soul-centric? Did you care for mother earth? Why are we all where we are now?
Having just fallen asleep the book she was reading is lying open at the following poem:
It’s 3:23 in the morning
and I’m awake
because my great great grandchildren
won’t let me sleep
my great great grandchildren
ask me in dreams
what did you do when the planet was plundered?
what did you do when the earth was unravelling?
surely you did something
when the seasons started failing?
as the mammals, reptiles, birds were all dying?
did you fill the streets with protest
when demoacracy was stolen?
what did you do
once you knew?...
(Drew Dellinger, Heiroglyphic Stairway).
- Edition: 06
- Release Date: November 2014
- Dimensions: Height 130cm, Depth 90cm. Width 180cm
- Materials: Bronze & Corian
