Monumental sculptures, some you can climb on, are among the most popular art works at Burning Man.
I am going to be on the road for the next few weeks, so I decided to produce several blogs that might be of interest to my readers but would be easy for me to do: Voila—The Best Of Burning Man series! I’ve now been to Burning Man for ten years starting in 2004 (and will be going again in 2015, assuming I get two tickets and a vehicle pass). Each blog will feature a top ten category such as top ten sculptures, mutant vehicles, etc.
Now, this is important. 1) These are from my perspective. Other people will have different points of view. 2) I never see everything that is available to see at Burning Man. There is simply too much. So it’s quite possible that I have missed some really great things. My apologies. 3) I missed 2011. 4) These photos are not in order of choice. How could I choose? (Grin)
Basically, this series will include a brief introduction and then my top ten choices. There may be captions on my photos, or not. Finally, while Peggy and I have taken the majority of these photos, I have also included photos from Tom Lovering, Beth Lovering, Don Green, and Ken Lake… all members of our ‘tribe,’ and friends.
Series 1: Monumental Sculptures
There is so much great art at Burning Man that selecting 10 would be impossible without some further breakdowns. So I am going to start with Really Big Sculptures. My criteria here is to feature sculptures that are at least 20 feet tall (with one exception). My top ten:
A close up of the art work shown above. I call it Fantasy.
This massive sailing ship was sunk half in the sand.
The classic female nude has always been a favorite subject of artists. This beautiful woman was over 50 feet tall.
Another Burning Man classic by the same artist.
The same sculpture at night. The colors were constantly changing.
This beauty was featured during my earlier years at Burning Man. Her hair was made from chains and fire shot out of her hands.
These two oil tankers welded together represented one of Burning Man’s pro-environmental themes.
This monumental couple was featured at Burning Man in 2014. It would later be burned.
People were invited to rest in the belly of this coyote that was howling at the moon and came with a wire brush tail.
A what’s-it sculpture stood on tip toes.
What this dragon curled around its egg lacked in height, she made up in length. And yes, she was a fire breathing dragon, as we discovered at night.
Another view. NEXT POST: Part 2 of my best of ten series: Smaller sculptures.
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