Sculpture By The Sea
The author's writing style is slightly casual, yet very informative. This piece acts almost as a spunky newspaper article. It made me interesting in seeing the place for myself, and the stunning examples of some of the art that you can see there definitely helped. The quote adds a very nice touch to the piece, hinting toward the origins of the "art exhibit."
However, the article did seem a bit too biased for me at times. It was slightly too opinionated and frankly a bit rude in regard to Time Out, a very legitimate travel blog. He seems to really acknowledge or delve into the potential negative aspects of people's opinions or his own, saying things like the art could be second-rate, though he attests that it isn't, as we can see by the pictures.
However, he redeems himself by appealing to audience members like me who feel as though they cannot understand modern art (which seems more like the case for him as well).
The language is very straightfoward, nicely written and easy to read. Although I think that the length is too short and the author could have covered more art if he had maybe been more of an expert in the field (though he very well might be, and I could have just gotten the wrong impression).
The ending is nice. It is short, sweet, and tries to convince the reader that this place is worth the visit. But like I said, I think it's far too short.
Thoughts?
I definitely thought this article was interesting. I did find it very focused, maybe even too focused, and felt a little like it was simply advertising for this event, which is a little different than any other travel pieces I have read before. I do think I would've liked to know a little more about the history of the event and what happens there. That definitely would have added a lot to the piece.
ReplyDeleteThe author was definitely writing for a specific audience, an audience who doesn't like sculpture and otherwise would see it if there wasn't a free exhibition of the Australian cliffs. And because of this style he does come off rude, although I did like some of his phrases, particularly those in the last paragraph and the last line of the piece, which I think redeems his rudeness earlier.
ReplyDeleteI did wish he actually talked about some of the sculpture instead of just describing it as a whole. All though the pictures do do that, I would have liked to hear how he would describe these pieces and words he would use.