tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-449219498394377859.post1090338292139044167..comments2024-03-17T19:10:24.832+01:00Comments on Outsider Environments Europe: Jack Bilbo, Bilbo Bay sculpture gardenhenk van eshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05112057600333088287noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-449219498394377859.post-51816747819451759822016-02-04T20:06:02.219+01:002016-02-04T20:06:02.219+01:00My painter friend Walter Heckmann from Freiburg/Bg...My painter friend Walter Heckmann from Freiburg/Bg visited Schröder-Sonnenstern several times in Berlin and told funny stories about him. Later on he was quite successful with several expositions in Berlin. He was always surrounded by young ladies who hoped to get a canvas for their 'services' to make a little fortune. Bilbos book I read 50 years ago and I was fascinated. I passed even once in Berlin past his 'Hafenspelunke' but it was closed. Don't remember when. Maybe he was already dead. Anyhow - I was sorry.einartyskenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14771046582692375348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-449219498394377859.post-60088513454066815502013-07-07T17:02:12.185+02:002013-07-07T17:02:12.185+02:00@ Klaus Ferentschik. Thanks a lot for this informa...@ Klaus Ferentschik. Thanks a lot for this information, which I have added to the text of the post above. henk van eshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05112057600333088287noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-449219498394377859.post-44094310847938979232013-07-07T13:26:42.522+02:002013-07-07T13:26:42.522+02:00In spring 1961 the outsider artist Friedrich Schrö...In spring 1961 the outsider artist Friedrich Schröder-Sonnenstern had his first solo exhibition in Käpt'n Bilbos Hafenspelunke. This was Sonnenstern's first exhibition in Germany.Klaus Ferentschiknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-449219498394377859.post-12489799673443143542010-02-27T10:38:48.966+01:002010-02-27T10:38:48.966+01:00Thanks a lot Alberto, I made a reference in my pos...Thanks a lot Alberto, I made a reference in my post to your comment, you are so right in this observation. Wish I could write it down myself in such a way. Have a good weekend too.henk van eshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05112057600333088287noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-449219498394377859.post-3860500003274165172010-02-27T03:40:39.600+01:002010-02-27T03:40:39.600+01:00In this world of high specialization, with no room...In this world of high specialization, with no room for the adventure of old humanism, like in the old times of the renaissance, it is like breathing fresh air to know about Mr. Bilbo. Who could blame anything about a man who hadn´t time wasted, a man who was born with one name and died with a completely different one. Most of the people, are a by product of the circumstances that surround their lives since their very cradle, how many of us would dare to leave a comfortable "medianity" just to go after what the soul, not the brain, demands for. And how many times it would be possible that behind a false disguise of wisdom and maturity, there could be a pathethic shadow of fear and hesitation?? Those giant sculptures were a monument for the man who didn´t believe in destination and tried to sculpt the stubborn marble of fate, even perhaps knowing that such an attitude would be useless, which make this attitude even more remarkable. Who cares on dynamite?? It only blowed out stone, but not legacy. Henk, believe me, i would love to meet that man as well. Regards and have a nice weekend.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com