This sculpture has always been a popular reference point when arranging to meet up with lunch kakis, or with pals for dinner/drinks @ Boat Quay... all these years, always thot the artist was paying tribute to Newton's discovery of gravity with that apple. Until when I was helping to draw up the pit-stop clues for our mini "Amazing Race in Raffles Place" that I realized what this artist was trying to present... I'm impressed with the artist's insightfulness.Salvador Dali's "Homage to Newton"
The open torso of the figure and the suspending heart represent Open-heartedness. The open head represents an Open-mind
... the two necessary qualities for the discovery of important natural laws as well as for success of all human endeavours.
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