I anxiously await PittGirl's witty retort to this…um…art.
Tag: sculpture
Sep 02
Crappy Art
Sep 06
Art and the "Jesus Event"
“An artwork that shows Star Wars characters nailed to crosses has sparked controversy before its public debut at a Melbourne gallery in two weeks. The Herald-Sun reports that the controversial piece called Crusci-fiction consists of a roomful of 25 replicas of robot C3P0 hanging on crosses.” At first I didn’t react very strongly to this …
Jun 15
Our Lady of the Parkway
Most of the content in Pittsburgh City Paper is a bit raw, but this article is interesting and respectful. Mass Transit My office looks out over I-376 to the hill next to Bates Street. During the winter, I noticed wooden crosses and a white sculpture that looked like the Virgin Mary on the hillside. What …
Jul 30
Wee Wee? Nein!
Water-spouting nude statue fails to hit right note with Austrian mayor “VIENNA (AFP) – The mayor of Salzburg was rather piqued at the sight of a water-spouting statue of a naked man unveiled on the eve of the Austrian city’s annual music festival[…]Local inhabitants and visitors were more amused than shocked by the statue and …