Statues
« Previous EntriesGiant Forks: Sign of the Tines
Tuesday, November 17th, 2009Recently a giant fork appeared on a traffic median in Pasadena, California. No one seemed to know who was responsible for the guerrilla installation of the 18-foot-tall rogue utensil…
Reach Party (or: Johnson & Johnson & More Johnson)
Friday, October 23rd, 2009A second casting of J. Seward Johnson’s undeniably eye-catching 4,100-pound struggling sculpture, “The Awakening,” has been permanently installed in a grassy expanse in Chesterfield, Missouri. The grasping giant was added to Chesterfield Arts‘ public art collection and will be available for perpetual public gaping and climbing, forever frozen in an angry state, quite annoyed at [...]
Nude For Thought
Thursday, September 17th, 2009We’re constantly coming across reports of public protest over nude statuary. Townships are always abuzz over art au natural. Three recent undressed uproars demonstrate that demands for modesty are often directed at the least sexy of sculptures.
No Longer Controversial: David, Sioux Falls, SD.
Take “Journey To The New” in Delray Beach, Florida. This serious and spindly [...]
Lincoln’s Nose: Power Vacuum?
Sunday, August 9th, 2009The Journal-Times of Racine, Wisconsin, reports that the city’s statue of Abe and Mary Todd Lincoln has had one of its noses snapped off, “for at least the fourth time.” This honker-hacking is treated as an instance of senseless vandalism — much as the recent dino decapitation in Durham, North Carolina.
But experience has taught us [...]
Mermaid To Order
Wednesday, August 5th, 2009Greenville, Michigan’s Little Mermaid statue has caused nary a ripple since it was gifted to the city in 1994.
Lobster Snaps
Thursday, July 30th, 2009There’s no doubt that visiting a classic lobster shack is one of the true delights of summer. Tie on a plastic bib and let the melted butter run down your wrists; sit on a quaint, weathered, splintery picnic bench as you struggle with your miniature King Neptune fork, determined to get the last bit of meat out of a once-flailing creature. Or get a lobster roll, it’s easier.
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- Abe Lincoln and Pig Statue, Taylorville, IL
- Andy Devine Room, Kingman, AZ
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- Big Bopper's Casket, Hillsboro, Texas
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