Statues

Bronze Creature A Dream in Colorado

Tuesday, September 9th, 2008

Public art doesn’t have to be dull, or so blandly abstract that it’s hard to look at. Just ask Bradford Rhea.
Bradford, a professional sculptor, had created artwork for the town of Sterling, Colorado, before. The town — in a generous gesture — asked him to come up with something new. Anything [...]

Mount Cristo Rey: Danger Lurks

Tuesday, September 2nd, 2008

There are a handful of attractions in this country that are too remote to be casual destinations, or that frankly you’d have to be nuts to visit. But no attraction in America seems to be as much of a magnet for human assault as Mount Cristo Rey, a Catholic shrine on the U.S./Mexican border.
We’ve [...]

The Safe Highway Of Sexless Statues

Sunday, August 24th, 2008

Roadside statues of obviously male animals are often rendered as if nature didn’t expect them to reproduce. We had imagined that this was mere American modesty, but recent reports hints that other forces are at play. Perhaps rarity has something to do with it, but there’s evidently something about an oversized public package [...]

Bronze Fonz Says “Aaaay!” To Milwaukee

Wednesday, August 20th, 2008

After three proposed locations and several production delays, a life-sized bronze statue of Arthur Fonzarelli, from the TV show “Happy Days,” was unveiled in the Brew City on August 19. Milwaukee was the fictional location for the 1970s take on the 1950s, and the “Fonz” was role model for a generation of retro cool rebels [...]

Caveman Statue Triggered Miracle In Oregon

Thursday, July 10th, 2008

We tracked reports of the Independence Day incineration of the Grants Pass Caveman back in 2004, and followed up on his eventual, better-than-ever resurrection. But an article in the Rouge River Press sets out new details about John Stripling, the man who saved the statue, which grabbed our attention like a Neanderthal grabbing at [...]

Wax Hitlers Wreak International Havoc

Tuesday, July 8th, 2008

The Western world isn’t ready for another Adolf Hitler — even one immobilized in wax. July 5th, on the first day at a new Madame Tussauds museum in Berlin, Germany, a man savagely decapitated a controversial wax figure of Hitler. The man was arrested, and the statue and head were carted off from public view.
Flaunting [...]

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