Public artworks of distinction (or otherwise).

by Nightjar Tue Nov 10, 2020 6:02 pm

So, after over 200 years of waiting, the profoundly overdue creation of a statue honouring the great polymath Mary Wollstencraft - the undoubted pioneer of feminism - has been unveiled...

cheer

Spoiler:

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/nov/10/insulting-to-her-mary-wollstonecraft-sculpture-sparks-backlash

shifty

by Fangirl Three Tue Nov 10, 2020 6:34 pm

Interestingly one of the points I gained in my work Zoom quiz triumph this lunchtime was for knowing that MW wrote Vindication of the Rights of Woman.

by Nightjar Tue Nov 10, 2020 6:48 pm

I actually really like Maggi Hambling.

Well, her work at least.

She's a pretty formidable old boot in all honesty.

I do feel that she's pushed the 'qu**r' envelope a bit far on this one though.

Also, facially, it looks considerably like MH than it does MW. sad yes

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Tue Nov 10, 2020 6:52 pm

They didn't even include a model of Frankenstein, and that's her only good book. Colbert

by Guest Thu Nov 12, 2020 6:01 pm

Meanwhile, Turkmenistan’s president Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov has just unveiled a gisnt statue of his favorite dog pic.twitter.com/NSlIlXbAoH
— Piotr Zalewski (@p_zalewski) November 12, 2020

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Thu Nov 12, 2020 6:51 pm

by Nightjar Thu Nov 12, 2020 7:48 pm

It's probably got a grim and depressing undertow to it that story. sad yes

I'm pretty sure that the president of Turkmenistan is deranged despot.

It's like Caligula making his horse a senator.

Or Judge Cal creating Judge Fish. happy

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by cosmictanya Sun Dec 06, 2020 7:09 pm

I find the stans a bit of a mystery. Despite my natural aptitude for geography, I could only place them on a map in the right place, but not necessarily labeled correctly. I would like to have a proper look around the white and gold city - whichever of them that's in. It looks like someone from Essex and someone from the Soviet Union collaborated as best they could. White Gold indeed.

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Tue Jun 29, 2021 9:20 pm

by Nightjar Tue Jun 29, 2021 9:27 pm

Can tramps sleep on it?

That is the only condition relative to the worth of public 'art' such as this.

by Nightjar Tue Jun 29, 2021 9:29 pm

That said, speaking as a non-(full time)-tramp I would say that it is conceptually and aesthetically - and objectively - naff to an almost emetic level.

by Fangirl Three Wed Jun 30, 2021 6:28 am

I don't like them, I want to straighten the books out before they get permanently bent.

by cosmictanya Thu Jul 01, 2021 10:12 pm

My dislike of cast in metal statues continues unabated, with the unveiling of the latest addition to our great capital. I've never seen one I actually like, and I still haven't. It's apparently coupled with an art form in one of my equally disliked art forms - poetry. I can't help feeling 'The Measure of a Man' belongs in a book, safely contained for those who care to enjoy poetry to do so in their own leisure time.

by Nightjar Thu Jul 01, 2021 10:18 pm

I'm assuming you're referring to the Lady Di one.

It's not the worst I've seen, but it's not artistic, interpretive or daring enough.

Much too bland and safe (for a decidedly middle class palate basically), yet still naff and mawkish (for the plebs).

A municipal triumph no doubt.

by cosmictanya Thu Jul 01, 2021 10:23 pm

I am. No, it's not totally offensive. It's just 'there', doing nothing for no reason. Her legs were much better than that.

It's not for me to critique her family, but having buried a famously lonely girl alone on an island, they've now made a woman who achieved glamour look like a Fulham mummy walking through a supermarket car park with her kids.

by Nightjar Thu Jul 01, 2021 10:45 pm

Correction: other people's kids.

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Thu Jul 01, 2021 10:55 pm

Clare Balding is trending on Twitter.

Because of people saying it looks like her.

I do not feel it does.

by cosmictanya Thu Jul 01, 2021 11:04 pm

The Call of the Wendigo wrote:Clare Balding is trending on Twitter.

Because of people saying it looks like her.

I do not feel it does.

It does actually.

by cosmictanya Thu Jul 01, 2021 11:05 pm

Nightjar wrote:Correction: other people's kids.

Yes. Other peoples kids. Possibly a statue concept more suited to Madonna.

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Wed Dec 15, 2021 10:54 am

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