Ugly Art Sculptures
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If it was more than $0, too much.
Just because you can, it doesn't mean that you should. If they weren't "creating" things like this, they'd be yelling at your local city council, month after month, demanding that they implement all sorts of wacky social projects... Putting their "art" like this on display might be the lesser of two evils.
That said, we have a entire park full of this stuff, which is "on loan" to the city from the "creators".
That said, we have a entire park full of this stuff, which is "on loan" to the city from the "creators".
....and sooner or later, it comes down. Another use for the land comes up and life marches on.
We don't have to play the crotchety old man card every time.
A touch of whimsey or color is not necessarily a bad thing.
However, I too would like to see artistic efforts used to make something like playground equipment or doorway treatments.
That metal wreckage was used on a bridge is somehow prophetic.
We don't have to play the crotchety old man card every time.
A touch of whimsey or color is not necessarily a bad thing.
However, I too would like to see artistic efforts used to make something like playground equipment or doorway treatments.
That metal wreckage was used on a bridge is somehow prophetic.
There is a well meaning sculpture in downtown San Jose that I will not publish a pic of. It is a coiled serpent, but is pretty bad. And that's putting it nicely.
Our local paper had an article about this, and while it's usually only good for kindling, they made good points.
You might be surprised how many well-meaning artists want to "donate" art to municipalities. However, there are unseen costs for the taxpayer.
First, who pays for installation? If it's on public property they may not let starving artist install it.
Second, who maintains it, esp in the case of vandalism, which is nearly guaranteed? If it gets tagged or damaged, do you just leave it as-is? Unlikely. Does it need to be periodically dusted, cleaned, repainted??
Third, municipalities almost always carry insurance on these things. Maybe liability, maybe against damage, maybe all the above.
At the end of the day I'd rather see the money go to just maintaining a nice park or fixing streets or sidewalks.
You might be surprised how many well-meaning artists want to "donate" art to municipalities. However, there are unseen costs for the taxpayer.
First, who pays for installation? If it's on public property they may not let starving artist install it.
Second, who maintains it, esp in the case of vandalism, which is nearly guaranteed? If it gets tagged or damaged, do you just leave it as-is? Unlikely. Does it need to be periodically dusted, cleaned, repainted??
Third, municipalities almost always carry insurance on these things. Maybe liability, maybe against damage, maybe all the above.
At the end of the day I'd rather see the money go to just maintaining a nice park or fixing streets or sidewalks.
this is near vegas.
Ugo Rondinone’s Seven Magic Mountains art installation in Las Vegas.
Seven towers of colorful, stacked boulders standing more than 25 ft. high bring a poet burst of form and color to the Ivanpah Valley.
sevenmagicmountains.com
Being a person who thinks the desert is beautiful, what a freaking eyesore! Might as well be giant pieces of colorful litter.
Scott
i agree, the colors are terrible
I used to take a pretty dim view of art like this too - to me it had to fit "my view" of what art should be. But after getting to know some customers of mine that are artists, I've become a lot more accepting of it. Art is part of our economy and contributes to economic diversity - which is growing more important by the day. Just because it's not "art" or meaningful to a bunch folks on an oil forum doesn't mean that it doesn't have meaning or value to the rest of society.
Fun fact... Art is so import and can have so much meaning, that the CIA actually bought/funded art in Soviet block countries during the cold war for purposes of influence.
Fun fact... Art is so import and can have so much meaning, that the CIA actually bought/funded art in Soviet block countries during the cold war for purposes of influence.
I think they are pretty cool. I also like Piston Man.
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Reminds me of the "Welcome to Castro Valley" saga back in the late '90's.
https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/saying-goodbye-to-castro-valley-welcome-sign-2795148.php
25 years later we were getting some quick repairs done to our rig at the county corp yard garage, and there up in the loft under a nice coating of dust is that sign.
Your tax $$$ at work.
https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/saying-goodbye-to-castro-valley-welcome-sign-2795148.php
25 years later we were getting some quick repairs done to our rig at the county corp yard garage, and there up in the loft under a nice coating of dust is that sign.
Your tax $$$ at work.
Someone once said that beauty is in the eye of the beholder. My take is there are a lot of people who need eye glasses
but to each their own.
Some folks like rubenesque or voluptuous or curvaceous figures and some like sticks!!!
but to each their own.Some folks like rubenesque or voluptuous or curvaceous figures and some like sticks!!!
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That was pretty much my first thought, what a horrible thing to do to the beautiful desert.
That San Jose sculpture looks like what it was intended to look like.
I went to the museum where they had all the heads and arms from the statues that are in all the other museums.
— Steven Wright
— Steven Wright
