Comments on: What if your kid is afraid of the art? http://blogs.walkerart.org/ecp/2007/09/27/kid-afraid-art/ Walker Art Center Sun, 07 Sep 2008 02:54:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Julia http://blogs.walkerart.org/ecp/2007/09/27/kid-afraid-art/#comment-41165 Julia Thu, 04 Oct 2007 18:18:09 +0000 http://blogs.walkerart.org/ecp/2007/09/27/kid-afraid-art/#comment-41165 Depending on where you are looking from, the piece kind of looks like a spooky misshapen head with the wierd holes for eyes and the little legs dangling. Get a book about Oldenberg and look at his other works with your young friend. Demystify, I'd say. Of course, maybe he thinks it's crap and can't stand being anywhere near it. See you in the elevator. Depending on where you are looking from, the piece kind of looks like a spooky misshapen head with the wierd holes for eyes and the little legs dangling. Get a book about Oldenberg and look at his other works with your young friend. Demystify, I’d say. Of course, maybe he thinks it’s crap and can’t stand being anywhere near it. See you in the elevator.

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]]> By: Nate Solas http://blogs.walkerart.org/ecp/2007/09/27/kid-afraid-art/#comment-40778 Nate Solas Fri, 28 Sep 2007 13:31:56 +0000 http://blogs.walkerart.org/ecp/2007/09/27/kid-afraid-art/#comment-40778 I have to admit - I work here and know how well they've secured that plug, and I <strong>still</strong> get a little creeped out walking under it. I think it's because it's on the stairs and I can't really look up at it without getting vertigo which just makes the whole thing scarier. So... maybe try to have O just focus on the stairs and ignore the plug. That's what I do. Or else just keep taking the elevator. :) I have to admit - I work here and know how well they’ve secured that plug, and I still get a little creeped out walking under it. I think it’s because it’s on the stairs and I can’t really look up at it without getting vertigo which just makes the whole thing scarier. So… maybe try to have O just focus on the stairs and ignore the plug. That’s what I do. Or else just keep taking the elevator. :)

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]]> By: wren http://blogs.walkerart.org/ecp/2007/09/27/kid-afraid-art/#comment-40729 wren Fri, 28 Sep 2007 04:24:26 +0000 http://blogs.walkerart.org/ecp/2007/09/27/kid-afraid-art/#comment-40729 Even adults can get spooked over art. Sandy Skoglund's <a href="http://www.uky.edu/ArtMuseum/luce/Top50/50/pages/Skoglund_jpg.htm" rel="nofollow">Walking on Eggshells</a> freaks me out. I can see how some 3D installations could disturb a kid. Have you talked with O about what bothers him about this piece? Maybe talking about the artist's motivation in general or a specific piece would help make it less scary. The National Gallery of Art has some <a href="http://www.nga.gov/education/schoolarts/oldenburg.htm" rel="nofollow">good info about Oldenburg directed at school age children</a>. There are also photos online of the Three-Way plug as a metal sculpture. Seeing those may make the soft one seem less scary. Good luck. Even adults can get spooked over art. Sandy Skoglund’s Walking on Eggshells freaks me out. I can see how some 3D installations could disturb a kid.

Have you talked with O about what bothers him about this piece? Maybe talking about the artist’s motivation in general or a specific piece would help make it less scary. The National Gallery of Art has some good info about Oldenburg directed at school age children. There are also photos online of the Three-Way plug as a metal sculpture. Seeing those may make the soft one seem less scary. Good luck.

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