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Schipperheyn's Thus Spoke Zarathustra
Peter Schipperheyn

Hey All, My review for Peter's sculpture came out last month in the April edition of The New Individualist. After some weeks I can post it to my site, here is the link: http://michaelnewberry.com/av/zara/zara.html The magazine has more images than on my site, and the art director, David Sims, does a super job in the layout. Thi... (See the whole comment)

(Added by Newberry on 4/28, 4:42pm)

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Monday, April 28 - 5:36pm

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This is definitely a great piece of sculpture, one of the best seen in a long time in contemporary works....

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Wednesday, April 30 - 9:59pm

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I looks good. I look forward to the review, congratulations on the column. I would like to see it from other angles. Where is the sculpture?

As an awkward aside, Zarathustra's member looks too small. I wonder how sculptors make such judgements? Is a fig leaf a valid alternative?

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Thursday, May 1 - 7:04am

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Maybe we are viewing his member from a mirror? After all, objects are larger than they appear.
Or maybe Zarathustra is having the problem which all public lancers have. Beware the chilled air.
Most likely his troubles would have been solved had I accepted the invitation to model for this piece.

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Thursday, May 1 - 2:35pm

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The online version of the article is live here: http://michaelnewberry.com/av/zara/zara.html (cut and paste)