Pej xeem kos duab yog ib txwm raug sib cav tswv yim, thiab hauv San Diego , qhov preference tits khiav ntawm tsawg-tshaj-sofisticated sab. Cov duab ntawm cov ntses taub ntses thiab cov neeg nuv ntses tuaj yeem ua rau ib lub ripple, tab sis txhua yam uas tsis tshua muaj abstract abstract yuav quaj ntawm outrage. Muaj ib qho duab tshwj xeeb uas tshwm sim los ntawm kev sib fim, ntau tshaj kev chim siab, nrog rau qib siab tshaj plaws ntawm txaj muag chuckles. Sawv cev ntawm lub plab hnyuv loj zog, cov neeg ua haujlwm hauv tsev kho mob thiab cov neeg mob hauv Scripps Green Hospital tau xa mus rau daim duab thooj li "Scripps Turd" uas yog nws lub koob npe nrov rau hnub no.
Abstract Sculpture, Okeanos , aka "Scripps Turd"
Cov Scripps Turd yog ib qho duab puab paub hu ua " Okeanos" los ntawm artist William Tucker. Tucker yog lub nplaj teb British thiab cov kws txuj tshawb fawb hauv tebchaws Cairo, tim Nkij teb chaws . Tucker tau mus kawm University of Oxford nyob rau xyoo 1955 txog 1958 thiab tau mus kawm ntxiv nyob rau hauv Saint Martin lub Tsev Kawm Ntawv ntawm Kev Kos Duab hauv London raws li xibfwb thiab tus saib xyuas Anthony Caro. Nws tau txij li tau txais ob peb lub khoom plig thiab honors rau nws txoj haujlwm, xws li:
- Guggenheim Siv Yim Rau Kev Yeeb Yam Zoo Tshaj Xyoo 1986
- Lub Tsev Kawm Ntawv Duab Thoob Ntiaj Teb Lub Chaw Kev Nyuaj Siab hauv Duab Sculpture hauv xyoo 2010
- Lub npe ntawm National Academic ntawm National Academy Museum hauv xyoo 2011
Nyob nruab nrab ntawm 1988 thiab 2001, cov neeg tsav tsheb hauv North Torrey Pines Road hauv La Jolla tau pom kiag li Tucker tus loj, hulking 13-foot piece ntawm daim duab nyob sab nraum lub tsev kawm ntawv Scripps Green. Dua li ntawm pej xeem txoj kev coj ua rau daim duab kos, 3,500-phaus khoom coj los siv rau $ 200,000 rau xyoo 1987.
Cov nyiaj tau los ntawm kev hloov ntawm Frank J. Dixon, tus Thawj Coj ntawm lub Tsev Haujlwm rau 25 xyoo.
Tucker hu ua cov duab tom qab Greek vajtswv ntawm cov dej thiab dej hiav txwv, Okeanos los yog Ὠκεανός (Ōkeanós), kuj hu ua Oceanus. Okeanos yog Titan uas sawv cev rau dej hiav txwv thiab yog Uranus thiab Gaia tus tub hlob.
Tucker hais tias daim ntawv no, rau nws, pom tias muaj dej hiav txwv, thiab nws tau raug ntau los ntawm cov neeg thuam thaum nws tau qhia.
Tawm thiab Tshawb Xyuas ntawm Duab puab los ntawm 1988-2001
Michael Brenson, tus qub kev thuam ntawm The New York Times, tau sau txog Okeanos hauv 1988:
"Cov duab puab yog ib txoj hlua khi uas ua rau lub ntiaj teb tawg thiab zoo li ib nthwv dej, nws qhia tsis tau tsuas yog dej, tiam sis kuj tauv huab thiab nroj tsuag thiab neeg tsis taus."
Alas, cov pej xeem tsis xav tib txoj kev. Tsis pub cov neeg tau txais txiaj ntsig Edythe H. Scripps, thiab yog li "The Turd" tau tsiv mus rau xyoo 2001. "Kuv tau sim tau tshem qhov ntawd ntau xyoo," Scripps hais rau Union-Tribune hauv xyoo 2001. "Kuv yeej Yog li ntawd, cov duab puab tau txav mus rau qhov chaw tsis pub tsawg dua nyob rau sab hnub tuaj ntawm Scripps Research Institute, nyob ntawm kaum ntawm John Jay Hopkins Drive thiab General Atomics Court. pob tag nrho ntawm $ 40,000.
Nkag pub dawb rau qhov saib, thiab daim ntawv " Okeanos" tseem tuaj yeem nrhiav tau ntawm qhov chaw hais lus rau cov neeg uas xav tias nws yog ib qho txav ntawm daim duab.