Comments on: Lotus Sculpture by Gerry Judah

By: J3rrYcid

J3rrYcid — Mon, 03 Sep 2012 07:33:57 +0000

Looking at the pictures of this sculpture does not bring it justice. I think we have to go up close and see the race track sculpture to fully understand the grandness and beauty of it. I would like to applaud the creator for a job well done. Lotus must be proud.

By: CharlieO

CharlieO — Tue, 10 Jul 2012 22:38:55 +0000

My Dad did the marketing for Littlehampton welding about 35 years ago – good to hear they're still going :)

By: Pat Floyd

Pat Floyd — Mon, 09 Jul 2012 10:02:00 +0000

It combines the “long and winding road” of development of the F1 cars, the monocoque structure that Chapman brought to F1 (as Colin used to say “Build in lightness”, and that surprise element of not knowing what was round the corner.

It will be overshadowed by the wondrous beauty of the cars themselves, the 49 and 72 in particular, but it does stand up in its own right. It makes you walk round and look. Taking photos of the cars on it was a wonderful and frustrating experience. You could just not get all the cars in one shot but the form made it so that any shot you took was amazingly artistic without trying.

Form over Function or Function over Form? Love it or loath it, it made people talk, and isn’t that what art and design is all about?

By: Zino

Zino — Thu, 05 Jul 2012 17:22:00 +0000

Considering the venue is dedicated to vintage (and otherwise) auto-racing, and is populated by car enthusiasts, this is an entirely appropriate architectural response.

The sculpture itself is admirably sleek and the cars make the clients happy.

Not that it’s “art” only for car nuts. I like the whole thing as-is.

Though the cars themselves AND the sculpture itself ARE fascinating enough on their own to stand alone, combining them in this Penrose/Escher-like form doesn’t bother me a bit.

By: Richard W S

Richard W S — Thu, 05 Jul 2012 15:41:00 +0000

Whoever has any level of criticism against Gerry Judah’s sculpture(s) comes from a very deep level of envy or ignorance.

His sculptures and the Goodwood Festival of Speed are tradition now.

And Gerry is a terribly ingenious and talented artist/engineer/designer.

If the problem is against a festival of motor sports… Well I suggest you go and burn your…. Bike tights. Leave this beautiful artefact well alone.