Img: 2009 Dumbo Outdoor Sculpture
September 2nd, 2009
(Photo by wesleyrosenblum)
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September 2nd, 2009 at 7:51 am
some of these “sculptures” are true pieces of loose stool. Giant teeth? picnic bench? My dog enjoys peeing on it.
September 2nd, 2009 at 9:49 am
Hater!
September 3rd, 2009 at 6:50 am
I think this year’s show is much better than last year’s; but is also more conservative… so the previous poster has it backwards.
That is, if there is a complaint to be made, it is that the show *could* be a little more daring, IMHO. If this show challenges you, if you doubt the artifice, I’m sorry, and I am sure it is no fault of your own, but you get an F in the 8th grade art class of life.
… but I hear Iron Man II is gonna be AWESOME!
September 3rd, 2009 at 8:13 am
I must be a Z caviricci wearing meathead, but can you explain the cultural significance of the giant teeth sculpture? I cant comprehend its deepness because my anticipation for Iron Man 2 is clouding my artistic sensbility.
September 3rd, 2009 at 3:00 pm
Red…..LMAO!! Good one. Thanks.
September 3rd, 2009 at 4:42 pm
I’m not saying it is “significant” or deep… or even that good… It was pleasantly banal stuff to me. Teeth as sculpture, how radical… people have been making sculpture of body parts since FOREVER.
Why is someone hostile enough to have their dog urinate on someone’s mediocre art is more of a mystery to me. It’s like being offended by that krazy “rock n’roll” music after hearing a Wham! cover band.
September 3rd, 2009 at 9:39 pm
that would be cool if they showed Iron Man in the park.
September 4th, 2009 at 6:28 am
Look, this is my peeve… the fact is that artists work very hard with grim upside. If you’re lucky a dealer takes 50% after you front development costs… but most artists have no representation… so maybe some independent curator with no budget talks you into sticking your work in a park, for “exposure”, where it gets vandalized by idiots who are challenged by a sculpture of teeth — and proud of their meanness.
FYI, I liked iron man, but not Wham! so much.
September 4th, 2009 at 2:32 pm
If you liked Iron Man why did you disparage it? Maybe it’s just supposed to entertain…suspending disbelief to be entertained doesn’t have to mean you’re an uneducated art hating dumbass.
September 4th, 2009 at 4:25 pm
dumbo streets said:
“If this show challenges you, if you doubt the artifice, I’m sorry, and I am sure it is no fault of your own, but you get an F in the 8th grade art class of life.”
What an incredibly arrogant elitist statement. To add insult to injury, you throw some Iron Man hating in too.
I have no real objection to the park art, except that I am forced to look at it everyday becuase its public, whereas if its sitting in a gallery, i have the freedom of choice to appreciate it or not to.
September 4th, 2009 at 8:36 pm
ummm… my point was about entertainment for the 8th grade level.. (dude)
It’s not arrogant to let your dog piss on some poor guys sculpture? You don’t seem bothered by that.
How’s this for arrogance: I’ve read Iron Man comics, the Dark Night series, etc …when it was fresh off the press. My best friend in junior HS was an avid collector. I probably know more about the series than you. That means I am qualified to mock the fan base if I want to make a point. But Mr. Let-My-Dog-Piss is stupid and has no basis for a critical opinion… and if you defend him AND think a multi-million dollar Hollywood blockbuster needs you to defend it against a bohemian counter-attack, however “arrogant”, you’re not much better.
Sometimes “arrogance” is deserved. A geologist is right to be arrogant when it comes to the Flat Earth Society… and I am right to look down my nose at Mr. Fooey.