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Amazingstoker

Posted: 07 Mar 2021

Taken: 01 Mar 2021

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1/125 • f/5.0 • 22.0 mm • ISO 100 •

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mother and child

mother and child
Taken for 'The Sunday Challenge': "Unusual or odd shaped items"

This is Basingstoke's "Mother and Child Sculpture" in Wote Street. When erected it caused a bit of a hoo-haa with members of the council wanting it moved away from public display to avoid upsetting passers by, but it remains, and is known locally as 'Wote Street Willie'

dolores666, buonacoppi, Diane Putnam, Annemarie and 10 other people have particularly liked this photo

13 comments - The latest ones
 M♥rJ Photogr♥phy !! ( Marj )
M♥rJ Photogr♥phy !!…
Not upsetting but Odd !!!....Each to their own but a nice & unusual for the challege Stoker with which it's all about !!!!
4 years ago. Edited 4 years ago.
 Xata
Xata club
Phallic indeed !
4 years ago.
 Diederik Santema
Diederik Santema club
When does abstract art not cause public outcries? There are always some who will complain and get their 15 seconds/minutes/days of fame. and after that life returns to normal.
4 years ago.
 Clickity Click
Clickity Click
What a hoot with that name and the sculpture is certainly an odd shape but so much of the beauty of art is in the eye of the beholder.
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4 years ago.
 Jan
Jan
Perfect for today’s challenge!
4 years ago.
 John Sheldon
John Sheldon club
Like music (my main discipline) abstract art often needs to be given a title to explain what it is about, I have to admit that even when told the subject matter here I could never relate the 'title' to the artwork. My loss, no-doubt!
4 years ago.
 Gillian Everett
Gillian Everett club
:-) How amazing! especially in Basingstoke
4 years ago.
 Coco
Coco
Very interesting and not upsetting at all.
4 years ago.
 Esther
Esther club
I love the nickname.
4 years ago.
 Sami Serola (inactive)
Sami Serola (inactiv… club
Modern art! =,D

Here's our former president Paasikivi: upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/fi/9/93/Harry_Kivijarvi_Ita_ja_Lansi_1980.jpg
4 years ago.
 Gudrun
Gudrun club
That's cool! Hard to detect mother and child and very easy to see how it came by its nickname;-)
4 years ago.
 Annemarie
Annemarie club
beautiful!

Have a great day:)
4 years ago.
 Diane Putnam
Diane Putnam club
That looks spectacular against the textures and colors of brickwork. Absolutely wonderful framing!
4 years ago.

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