Sunday, December 20, 2009

QNY Condemnation: A Piece Of Bad Public Art

I've tried to find something about this painted metal sculpture to like. It's terrorizing the southeast corner of Central Park. The only good thing I can say about it is that it's temporary.



Public art. Can't live with it or without it. More often bad than good.  In this case, I have to admit that I've seen tourists smile while sitting on the turned up ends that form stools. On that level, it works. To me, it looks like a corrupted strand of mutant DNA. Ignoble.
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4 comments:

  1. Beau RNDecember 20, 2009 at 7:24 AM

    Ick...it's just bad, bad, bad from the color to the actual sculpture itself.

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  2. Tony AdamsDecember 20, 2009 at 10:12 AM

    And, can you imagine having purchased a condo with a Park view in the Plaza Hotel and having to look down at that!

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  3. DonnieDecember 20, 2009 at 10:23 PM

    It looks like it's made up of that paper and glue you used in kindergarten.

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  4. Jason_MDecember 31, 2009 at 1:37 AM

    It's nice to know that NYC can also produce bad public art in the great tradition of San Francisco.

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