Comments on The Extraordinary Tourist: Mengler Hill: Barossa Sculpture Park Revisited

Thanks for the comment wdandins. I did look at Dan...

2009-05-09T21:08:00.000+09:30

Thanks for the comment wdandins. I did look at Daniel's web site and his work is truly beautiful and stunning. Great to see that classical stone sculpture work is still being practiced today.

Whilst I wouldn't necessarily want to see classical sculpture on Menglar hill I'm sure there must be more contemporary stone sculpture that has that same breath taking 'wow' factor that I get from seeing classical work such as Daniels.

Mengler hill has so much history surrounding it. It deserves something better than abstract symbolism and shapes that the local community doesn't seem to be able to embrace.

Broken Hill has a similar set of abstract stone sculptures but done so much better. The arts community there not only embraces their park they paint pictures featuring it - over and over.

Thank You! I totally get what you are saying. The...

2009-05-09T12:59:00.000+09:30

Thank You!
I totally get what you are saying. These giant paper weights are very rarely appealing. There is some good contemporary stone sculpture out there but it's not that easy to come by.

I am a stone sculptor and I work for a sculptor. Daniel SInclair, he is a real modern day Michelangelo or at least the closest to it. You can see his work at dmsstudios.com

I don't usually comment first on my own posts but ...

2009-04-16T22:28:00.000+09:30

I don't usually comment first on my own posts but I wanted to add that while we were wandering around the sculpture park a large tour bus pulled into the look out. A few people got off to take a photo of the view but not one person came down to look around the park.

Perhaps they were on a time limit but what does that say about the sculpture park if tour operators don't give their guests time to look around?