{"id":337,"date":"2005-10-11T21:09:51","date_gmt":"2005-10-12T02:09:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uncleleron.com\/wp\/?p=337"},"modified":"2005-10-11T23:29:33","modified_gmt":"2005-10-12T04:29:33","slug":"rodchenko-lessons-in-scale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uncleleron.com\/wp\/2005\/10\/11\/rodchenko-lessons-in-scale\/","title":{"rendered":"Rodchenko: lessons in scale"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/uncleleron.com\/wp\/wp-content\/Storm%20King%20-%20027-1.JPG\" onclick=\"window.open('https:\/\/uncleleron.com\/wp\/wp-content\/Storm%20King%20-%20027-1.JPG','popup','width=640,height=480,scrollbars=no,resizable=yes,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=yes,left=0,top=0');return false\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/uncleleron.com\/wp\/wp-content\/Storm%20King%20-%20027-1-tm.jpg\" height=\"100\" width=\"133\" border=\"1\" hspace=\"4\" vspace=\"4\" alt=\"Storm King - 027\" title=\"Storm King - 027\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/uncleleron.com\/wp\/wp-content\/Storm%20King%20-%20043-1.JPG\" onclick=\"window.open('https:\/\/uncleleron.com\/wp\/wp-content\/Storm%20King%20-%20043-1.JPG','popup','width=480,height=640,scrollbars=no,resizable=yes,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=yes,left=0,top=0');return false\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/uncleleron.com\/wp\/wp-content\/Storm%20King%20-%20043-1-tm.jpg\" height=\"100\" width=\"75\" border=\"1\" hspace=\"4\" vspace=\"4\" alt=\"Storm King - 043\" title=\"Storm King - 043\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/uncleleron.com\/wp\/wp-content\/Storm%20King%20-%20034-1.JPG\" onclick=\"window.open('https:\/\/uncleleron.com\/wp\/wp-content\/Storm%20King%20-%20034-1.JPG','popup','width=640,height=480,scrollbars=no,resizable=yes,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=yes,left=0,top=0');return false\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/uncleleron.com\/wp\/wp-content\/Storm%20King%20-%20034-1-tm.jpg\" height=\"100\" width=\"133\" border=\"1\" hspace=\"4\" vspace=\"4\" alt=\"Storm King - 034\" title=\"Storm King - 034\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nIt seems that one of Rodchenko&#8217;s (many) gifts was his ability to conceptualize with a sense that his structures could vary greatly in their size.  From some of the photographs, it becomes an optical trick to determine how big a structure actually is.<br \/>\nI was reminded especially of artists like Mark di Suvero&#8217;s works at the Storm King art center in mountainville, ny. You get a sense of this idea scale in great effect; in an expansive outdoor space you can view structures from so far away that they are almost like toys, but you also can interact with them in their monumental reality.<br \/>\n<em>(images from storm king, august 30 2003\/\/click an image to enlarge)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><!-- technorati tags start --><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:right;font-size:10px;\">Technorati Tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.technorati.com\/tag\/disuvero\" rel=\"tag\">disuvero<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.technorati.com\/tag\/rodchenko\" rel=\"tag\">rodchenko<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.technorati.com\/tag\/stormking\" rel=\"tag\">stormking<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- technorati tags end --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It seems that one of Rodchenko&#8217;s (many) gifts was his ability to conceptualize with a sense that his structures could vary greatly in their size. 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