Thursday, April 14, 2005
ny public art sampler (like a whitman's sampler, but not as chocolatey)
having threatened to make this blog more art-centric, i spent last weekend snapping pictures of some fun public art around manhattan...
unusual animal sculpture at st. john the divine:
stone head, a few blocks from the met:
metal wheel, just outside of dorrian's red hand (where the preppie killer met his ill-fated victim!)
fun “walking” sculpture, uppah east side:
lil’ bushie, also uppah east side:
sculpture of what i’m assuming is two people embracing...
...found at 49th and 2nd which, i was surprised to discover, is also known as Katherine Hepburn place:
brass wheel sculpture, midtown:
two sculptures in union square that are either new, or i just never noticed them (i to tend to have my head in the clouds quite a bit):
pixilated face, n.o.l.i.t.a:
and finally, the mural outside of the japan society advertising their little boy exhibit...
...and the panty-wearing elephant sculptures by chinatsu ban that had been put up in central park to coincide with the show. i thought it was a shame that even though the statues had been up for barely a week or so when i went to see them, they were somewhat dirty, chipped, and sporting a bit of graffiti:
unusual animal sculpture at st. john the divine:
stone head, a few blocks from the met:
metal wheel, just outside of dorrian's red hand (where the preppie killer met his ill-fated victim!)
fun “walking” sculpture, uppah east side:
lil’ bushie, also uppah east side:
sculpture of what i’m assuming is two people embracing...
...found at 49th and 2nd which, i was surprised to discover, is also known as Katherine Hepburn place:
brass wheel sculpture, midtown:
two sculptures in union square that are either new, or i just never noticed them (i to tend to have my head in the clouds quite a bit):
pixilated face, n.o.l.i.t.a:
and finally, the mural outside of the japan society advertising their little boy exhibit...
...and the panty-wearing elephant sculptures by chinatsu ban that had been put up in central park to coincide with the show. i thought it was a shame that even though the statues had been up for barely a week or so when i went to see them, they were somewhat dirty, chipped, and sporting a bit of graffiti:
# posted by Sweatpants Money : 4/14/2005 02:53:00 PM
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Is the last picture graffitti on the art? or did the artist do that him/herself?
It's a perfect coda though, to elephants wearing panties who poop in concentric circles.
It's a perfect coda though, to elephants wearing panties who poop in concentric circles.
I don't think that cutesy Japanese sculpture lends itself to Political statements. Unless there is a group out there who is against the idea that everybody poops.
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