Thursday, 9 June 2011

Prowling Babushka


Mama Babushka and her acolytes can be seen all over town. This cardboard cutout is testament to her many resting spots.

19 comments:

  1. She's delightful, Julie.
    — K

    Kay, Alberta, Canada
    An Unfittie's Guide to Adventurous Travel

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  2. Fascinating to enlarge and study the family within her. Also wonderful contrast between wall and carboard babushka.

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  3. BD - When one looks at the images 'within' her, a local can identify spots where she has been photographed, eg Great Hall @ University of Sydney. But then she had a 'family'. I need to find where the other 'members' of this family are now resting.

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  4. I really like this sort of urban art. Thanks for sharing this Julie.

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  5. That is great fun! Love it.

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  6. This is new to me. Must keep my eye out for her. Did see a guy in a wet suit in Martin Place.

    Also - they are putting the domes on the gatehouse at the Barracks (part of the original design but never built I believe - or maybe they were removed). At the moment only the timber frame but should be worth keeping an eye on. Really looking forward to seeing them completed.

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  7. I knew about the domes being pack back on, but not the timeline. I am a member of HHT. I rate them highly as an organisation to help one know Sydney. Them and Maritime Museum, but I have lapsed with MM being their offerings are a bit repetitive.

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  8. Very interesting. I have not seen anything like this before. I do like it.

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  9. Completely strange. Not dolls nested in dolls but rather layers of meanings.

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  10. I've never seen her ... so glad to have your eye showing me the Sydney I don't know.

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  11. how fascinating. And is there a reasn for Mme. Babushka apart from the photos of her all over town, that is?

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  12. I love the way it makes the wall much more interesting to look at. Have you seen others around?

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  13. Is it of the dolls which fit?

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  14. Nicki - I have not seen others as yet, but have my eyes pealed.

    Bergson - yes it is of the dolls that fit. A variation upon it at least ...

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  15. Sounds like your on a mission Julie. PS I googled Ava Gardner and I think you are right.

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  16. Interesting street art Julie. Like that these are appearing about Sydney town

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  17. A very interesting and original concept, Russian ancestry?

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