Statues

Sale Of The Century: Steam Pig Could Be Yours!

Thursday, June 9th, 2011

A 55-foot-long piece of steampunk-inspired barnyard-cyborg art, Steam Pig, is for sale. It has to be moved by the end of July. Its creators are listening to all offers.

Fame! Too Much of it is Killing Fireman Statue

Wednesday, May 11th, 2011

In 1970, two young firemen built a statue outside the Central Fire Station in Lafayette, Louisiana. It’s a fireman, stripped to his undershirt, bent over a hose that’s writhing like a giant snake, pointing toward an unseen inferno with a dramatic gesture.

A Peach Falls, A Savior Rises

Thursday, April 7th, 2011

Call it serendipity, yin-yang, or an accident of timing, but on the same day that work began on the new Touchdown Jesus, the old Peach on a Pole fell.

Monument Shows That America Is More Centered

Friday, March 25th, 2011

Ten years is a long time. But is it long enough to merit a monument? The village of Plato, Missouri, says “Yes!”

Quan Am Smiles Upon Tulsa

Thursday, March 3rd, 2011

After years of delay, Tulsa, Oklahoma, is now the unlikely home of America’s tallest Buddhist deity.

Big Ike Moves To North Texas

Wednesday, February 23rd, 2011

Blank expression. Pale complexion. 16-foot tall cement head that looks a little like Lex Luthor, a little like Colonel Kurtz from Apocalypse Now. Of course… it’s Dwight Eisenhower!

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