Whatever about the merits or otherwise of the Irish Life building the sculpture in front of the main entrance is certainly impressive. "Chariots of Life" is a piece by Oisín Kelly (who died in 1981). I also featured two other pieces by the same sculptor in earlier blogs - "Jim Larkin" in O'Connell Street (June 5, 2009) and "Two Working Men", in front of County Hall, Cork (August 30, 2008).
Incidentally, all Dublin sculptures and statues have local colloquial names - "Chariots of Life" is known as "The Mad Milkman of Abbey Street".
Incidentally, all Dublin sculptures and statues have local colloquial names - "Chariots of Life" is known as "The Mad Milkman of Abbey Street".
3 comments:
Very interesting.;)
I like the "Irish Life" sign in the background, has a good *ring* to it.;)
xo
Zuzana
Why that particular nickname for the statue?
I have no idea why this nickname Stevie, but it could be because in the past Dublin milkmen delivered by horse and cart and the sculpture shows a male figure leading 2 horse-like beasts. Dublin's nicknames are not all printable - in fact most are quite crude!
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