We started this blog as a way to chronicle our adventures and travels throughout Asia while living in the Philippines. We have since moved back to the US, but will continue to write about our adventures and experiences. We will include a few pictures and our viewpoints on what we see and do. We hope you enjoy them also. Enjoy, The Blooms
Sunday, January 13, 2013
2013-01 Red Town Sculpture Garden and Creative Zone
Red Town is a sculpture garden and "creative zone" built among the remains of the No. 10 Steel Factory in southwest Shanghai. Many of the buildings are made from red brick, so I a guessing that is where the name comes from. I stumbled across this place during one of my weekend quests for geocaches. I think that is the only way I would have ended up there as even some of the locals I spoke with after I visited there were not aware of the area.
On the way to Red Town, I walked through a nearby park and found an area where elderly gentlemen would bring birds in cages and hang them from the trees and put them on the ground. I think they may have been for sale, but I can't say for sure.
Walking between the parks, I ran across the first sculptures, in the form of a band jamming on the grass. A little soundtrack in the background would have been fantastic although behind me the street was pretty busy.
The park itself has a large open area filled with many statues. This is surrounded by buildings which house cafes, art studios, galleries, shops and training centers.
The first item I noticed as I walked into the area was full size car made of bricks and mortar. It was very detailed--check out the detail on the tire treads.
Up against one of the buildings was a sculpture of two ladies sitting on a bench. From a distance they looked somewhat lifelike, although oversized, there was a lot of detail work done on the statues
In the large open area was about a dozen 10' tall legs painted in various colors. Some seemed to be modeled after flags of various countries. When I first got there, a large group of young ladies were all getting their photo taken while peeking out from behind the legs. They were giggling and laughing and having a real good time
The next item was an abacus for the digital age with a modern keyboard and beads for the display. Kids loved playing on this, and it took a couple of times around the park before I could get a photo without people climbing all over it.
On the perimeter of the park in front of some of the shops was the statue of the clowns on a bicycle built for 5. On my way out, I saw the large rose (it was about 3 ft across) up against one of the buildings. The natural patina was very colorful and beautiful. It was also difficult to photograph and make it look as vivid in a photos as it did in real life. I took about half a dozen shots to get one that I was satisfied with.
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