Max Patte, ‘Solace of the Wind’ 2008. Installed on Wellington waterfront at Te Papa. Image: Su Leslie, 2017
Solace of the Wind
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Max Patte, ‘Solace of the Wind’ 2008. Installed on Wellington waterfront at Te Papa. Image: Su Leslie, 2017
Zimmerbitch 
Impressive. Reminds me somewhat of Anthony Gormley’s sculptures on Crosby Beach.
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Thanks Jude. I didn’t know about the Crosby sculptures, so have just Googled them; really impressive!! I do like Anthony Gormley’s work. 😃
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Looks like he’s about to dive into the water?
Leslie
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Hehe. I think people know the sculpture as ‘the diver’ or ‘the bather’ rather than it’s proper name.
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He is beautifully done.
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Interesting title—yours or the sculpture’s? Why solace?
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The sculpture! My caption didn’t appear when I posted this from the iPad, so I’ve updated it. I’m not sure why it got that title.
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He looks just ready to fall in. 🙂
janet
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Hehe. I think Wellington’s notorious wind is holding him back!
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Interesting that the detail photo looked more realistic than the photo of the full sculpture. Really lovely.
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🙂
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Re solace – to me, he looks like he belongs as a figurehead on the prow of a ship. At sea, being becalmed was bad, thus solace of the wind. Without the title, he looks to be leaning gratefully into a stiff breeze. (One would have to be mindful of those background poles when photographing this fellow!)
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That’s a really good point Christine. He does look like a prow figurehead. To be honest, I didn’t know the sculpture was called that until I looked it up for the photo caption. I’ve always known it as “the swimmer”!
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