Comments on: Sculpture for our times

By: Royce Mckenize

Royce Mckenize — Fri, 20 May 2011 23:48:39 +0000

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By: Tatyana

Tatyana — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 23:58:55 +0000

Neo, I saw this in BBC ticker; huh, I absorbed this city's outlook all too well...

By: Scott

Scott — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 17:51:18 +0000

I used to work in lower Manhattan. I remember one of the fist times I went to Liberty Plaza on my lunch hour, I bought an ice cream from an ice cream truck and sat down on a park bench to be entertained by a talented street magician. I glanced over to a nearby bench and noticed a life sized bronze statue of a businessman “sitting” on the bench peering into his briefcase (it’s titled Double Check). I remember thinking what a perfect setting for that statue: a couple of blocks from the stock exchange in the heart of the financial district where tons of business is conducted every day.

I lived on the upper east side at the time. When I walked over to Central Park, I walked past a hideous Botero sculpture of a “fat cat”. Just as Double Check was in the perfect setting, the Botero seemed perfectly out of place.

What a city.

By: Trimegistus

Trimegistus — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 00:59:22 +0000

Dumbest line from a whole passel of artistic dumbth:

“Some believers will see an advance team: harbingers of the Second Coming.”

— Because, I guess, those dumb Christians don’t know what a statue is, so if they see one they’ll go apeshit. “Git mah shotgun, Daisy Mae! It’s tha Rapture!”

Believers will look at these statues and think, “Why the f*** is there a statue here?” just like every other New Yorker.

By: Tom

Tom — Sun, 28 Mar 2010 17:09:36 +0000

The premise that “Good art provokes and gets you thinking” is just tiny steps removed from Alinskyite agitation. Putting what is loosely termed ‘art’ where it does not belong symbolizes a loss of private property, an intrusion on both physical and mental space, thus a violation of privacy. This is art as visual violence, just like graffiti sprayed on property not owned by the ‘artists’.

By: Le Trebuchet

Le Trebuchet — Sun, 28 Mar 2010 15:23:07 +0000

“Some will see these forms and think, “angels watching.” Or even, “herald angels.” And feel reassured”
And kids with paint ball guns will think “Target!!!”

By: Cappy

Cappy — Sun, 28 Mar 2010 14:04:59 +0000

Guys used to have a version of that. It was called Hustler and came out in print form.

By: Nolanimrod

Nolanimrod — Sun, 28 Mar 2010 07:29:15 +0000

When I saw the figure my first thought was Klatu! Barada nikto. Maybe I should go find some meds.

By: Don Janousek

Don Janousek — Sat, 27 Mar 2010 19:50:45 +0000

Steve Allen invented a word that fits this – “dumbth.”

By: The Anchoress | A First Things Blog

The Anchoress | A First Things Blog — Sat, 27 Mar 2010 18:04:10 +0000

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