Pictures of these silhouettes would have been superkeen.

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Weeping Angels getting ready to pounce.

"I never wanted to freak anyone out," Gormley told the New York Times in a March 19, 2010, article. "If people think of death and suicide, it's a sad reflection on evolution."

Oh for god's sake. What else are "tense" people on the edge of buildings going to be doing?
The problem with a public display like this is people not deluded enough to understand "modern art" are going to see it for what it is.

"Well, clearly those humans on buildings are channeling Greco-Roman abstractions of the human condition rendered upon the bare face of our modern world. It's obvious to anyone familiar with the works of Pierre Obscur'namis."

They used to be in London, there was even one on the building used to work in there, for the duration of the exhibit or whatever you wanted to call it.

It did look like people about to commit suicide. Then you got used to it. Is this art? Who cares...

Hurrr, we put up statues on tall buildings that look like jumpers about to commit suicide then were appalled at the state of modern society when people were freaked out about them.

this is cool. good submission.

*Looks up*

I hope that's Batman.

Scaramouche, Scaramouche, will you do the Fandango?

Most prominent artists these days are certifiably insane.

Saw this in London. was really cool going up high in the city and trying to spot as many as you could.

I'm on board with Gormley's computer-generated stuff (the ones that stay indoors), but never particularly liked his "installations" where multiple replicas of his body intrude upon public spaces. It's like deconstructivist architecture in that it inflicts the designer's alienating, disconcerting visions on the public without permission, which I don't think should be done.

London?

Don't Blink.

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This is one of the things that makes me understand that I just don't get art.

Gargoyles
Sept. 11
my art is better than yours

I never knew Sao Paulo was so big. World view can be funny sometimes; here I thought I was all cool because I spend so much time in New York City, but in reality it's just kinda middling in size. Hell, even Tehran is bigger, and that's just towelheads.

OBBN: God-is-a-Taco: "I never wanted to freak anyone out," Gormley told the New York Times in a March 19, 2010, article. "If people think of death and suicide, it's a sad reflection on evolution."

Oh for god's sake. What else are "tense" people on the edge of buildings going to be doing?
The problem with a public display like this is people not deluded enough to understand "modern art" are going to see it for what it is.

"Well, clearly those humans on buildings are channeling Greco-Roman abstractions of the human condition rendered upon the bare face of our modern world. It's obvious to anyone familiar with the works of Pierre Obscur'namis."

THIS, was the rumbas tag on vacation or was it preparing to jump? This quote has got to be one of the most douchebag quotes I have ever heard. Didn't think it would cause problems? DIAF you out of touch piece of human debris. I swear I just can't understand how people view this crap as art. Doesn't anyone paint ducks or farm landscapes anymore? How snouts nice portrait of dogs playing poker? Who pays these people?

He's bullshiatting, obviously. The fact that he didn't bother to use other models, but modeled them on himself, makes him thrice over an attention whore. Getting paid big bucks, but still an attention whore.

Larry Niven is a bit of an asshole, but I always approved of his idea of performance art, a diving board perched on the edge of a skyscraper, "Think of it as evolution in action", and yes, Wall Street needs more diving boards.

I like it. it's rare for conceptual art to be coupled to good execution. all the sculptures are technically and aesthetically well done (picture one of them in a garden setting). the idea and execution meshes well with both the Gestalt as well as the respondents (see above for examples)
it's creates interesting conversation.

CSB time... I work in the Empire State Building and my floor has the mezzanines on each corner. I think it was two years ago this exhibit was centered around Madison Sq Park so they had one of the statues out on our North-East mezzanine over 5th Ave. There were at least two calls to NYPD the first morning where people were reporting a jumper on our floor.

/CSB, right?

We all know how this one ends, right?



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belhade: and that's just towelheads.

wtf?

Art is stupid.

bel4sucks: belhade: and that's just towelheads.

wtf?

Agreed!! WTF?!

What, Iranians aren't towelheads?

belhade: What, Iranians aren't towelheads?

Well at least it's proof positive that all racist coonts aren't fat rednecks, Some of them are 110 pound sticks with chests that actually cave in instead of sticking out like a normal person.

I saw these in NYC and thought they were pretty cool.

bel4sucks: belhade: What, Iranians aren't towelheads?

Well at least it's proof positive that all racist coonts aren't fat rednecks, Some of them are 110 pound sticks with chests that actually cave in instead of sticking out like a normal person.

Yeah I hate those guys.