9 Weird Public Art Displays That Surprisingly Don't Suck


	9 Weird Public Art Displays That Surprisingly Don't Suck
alanocu
4-10-2008 2:12 PM
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(thanks Mr. B)
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4-10-2008 3:59 PM
carrerinyes
6-9-2008 11:33 AM
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Praise or blame has but a momentary effect on the man whose love of beauty in the abstract makes him a severe critic on his own works.
John Keats
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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/e991f142-7442-4c37-8042-21144ed4a748/AB79FEC2-02AD-4DF2-8948-546FA4D21929/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.themishmash.com/2008/04/weird-public-ar.html" href="http://www.themishmash.com/2008/04/weird-public-ar.html" style="font-size: 11px;">www.themishmash.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.themishmash.com/2008/04/weird-public-ar.html"><P><SPAN>I</SPAN>t's said that <EM><A href="http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/59100.html">beauty is in the eye of the beholder</A></EM> and for purposes of this feature, in all our puerility, we're the beholders. We present then nine weird public art displays/exhibits that in our lowly opinion surprisingly don't suck.<BR /> </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.themishmash.com/2008/04/weird-public-ar.html"><P>1. Jane Alexander's <A href="http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/entertainment/jan-june02/short_century/gallery_9.html">Butcher Boys</A>. Good for a nightmare or two.</P><BLOCKQUOTE><P><A href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/barbi_e/2300679939/sizes/l/"><IMG border="0" src="http://themishmash.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/2008/04/09/butcher_boys.jpg" title="Butcher_boys" alt="Butcher_boys" class="image-full" /></A></P></BLOCKQUOTE></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.themishmash.com/2008/04/weird-public-ar.html"><P>2. Luckily for fans of the movie <A href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0078748/">Alien</A>, <A href="http://www.hrgiger.com/">HR Giger</A> had issues. From the <A href="http://www.hrgigermuseum.com/">HR Giger Museum</A> in <A href="http://www.la-gruyere.ch/fr/navpage-GruyeresFR.html">Gruyères, Switzerland</A>:</P><BLOCKQUOTE><P><A href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/die9o/2259901005/sizes/l/"><IMG border="0" src="http://themishmash.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/2008/04/09/giger.jpg" title="Giger" alt="Giger" class="image-full" /></A></P></BLOCKQUOTE></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.themishmash.com/2008/04/weird-public-ar.html"><P>3. Klaus Weber's <A href="http://www.southbankcentre.co.uk/calendar?action=production&production=6f">The Big Giving</A> in London, which may mirror your feelings about it.<BR /> </P><BLOCKQUOTE><P><A href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/96816928@N00/1429360511/sizes/o/"><IMG border="0" src="http://themishmash.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/2008/04/09/the_big_giving_2.jpg" title="The_big_giving_2" alt="The_big_giving_2" class="image-full" /></A></P></BLOCKQUOTE></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.themishmash.com/2008/04/weird-public-ar.html"><P>4. <A href="http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/h/damien_hirst/index.html">Damien Hirst's</A> the <A href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/elissacorsini/874602494/">Virgin Mother</A> is <A href="http://www.artnet.com/magazine/features/jsaltz/saltz4-6-6.asp">HUGE</A>.<BR /> </p> <BLOCKQUOTE><P><A href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/paulandtally/103541203/sizes/l/"><IMG border="0" src="http://themishmash.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/2008/04/09/hurst_2.jpg" title="Hurst_2" alt="Hurst_2" class="image-full" /></A></P></BLOCKQUOTE></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.themishmash.com/2008/04/weird-public-ar.html"><P>5. You're a sick man, <A href="http://www.peter-lenk.de/index.htm">Peter Lenk</A>. From <A href="http://www.konstanz.de/stadtinfo/stadtportrait/stadtportrait_englisch/index.htm">Konstanz, Germany</A>:</P><BLOCKQUOTE><P><A href="http://themishmash.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/2008/04/09/peter_lenk_2.jpg"><IMG border="0" src="http://themishmash.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/2008/04/09/peter_lenk_2.jpg" title="Peter_lenk_2" alt="Peter_lenk_2" class="image-full" /></A></P></BLOCKQUOTE></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.themishmash.com/2008/04/weird-public-ar.html"><P>6. The nearly seven foot tall <A href="http://www.decordova.org/decordova/sculp_park/levy.htm#baby">Big Baby</A> from the <A href="http://www.decordova.org/">DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park</A> is disturbing.<BR /> </P><BLOCKQUOTE><P><A href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/bronayur/1383391301/sizes/l/"><IMG border="0" class="image-full" alt="Big_baby" title="Big_baby" src="http://themishmash.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/2008/04/09/big_baby.jpg" /></A></P></BLOCKQUOTE></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.themishmash.com/2008/04/weird-public-ar.html"><P>7. Actually, this one sucks. It's the fat lady at the <A href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tower_of_Hercules">Tower of Hercules</A>. The shot is nice though.</P><BLOCKQUOTE><P><A href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/darksheik/1418987593/sizes/l/"><IMG border="0" class="image-full" alt="Fat_lady_at_hercules_2" title="Fat_lady_at_hercules_2" src="http://themishmash.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/2008/04/10/fat_lady_at_hercules_2.jpg" /></A></P></BLOCKQUOTE></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.themishmash.com/2008/04/weird-public-ar.html"><P>8. From Vancouver, the <A href="http://www.vancouverbiennale.com/sculptures_page.php?sculptureID=17">Device to Root Out Evil</A>?</P><BLOCKQUOTE><P><A href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/midnightglory/2384216989/sizes/l/"><IMG border="0" class="image-full" alt="Device" title="Device" src="http://themishmash.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/2008/04/09/device.jpg" /></A></P></BLOCKQUOTE></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.themishmash.com/2008/04/weird-public-ar.html"><P>9. And, lastly, <A href="http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9501EED7173AF93BA35751C1A96E958260">César Baldaccini's</A> Le Pouce, which, big surprise, means (we think) <EM>The Thumb</EM>.</P><BLOCKQUOTE><P><A href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/that_james/447418177/sizes/l/"><IMG border="0" class="image-full" alt="Thumb" title="Thumb" src="http://themishmash.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/2008/04/09/thumb.jpg" /></A></P></BLOCKQUOTE></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/AB79FEC2-02AD-4DF2-8948-546FA4D21929/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>
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