Odd Central Park Barbaro Memorial

[blackthroatedwind]

Art is art....and the artist has the right to express himself as he wishes. The people in the wrong are those in NYC that have granted him public funds and public grounds for exposure.

Hopefully it is not too late to bring this to the attention of the right people and have this mistake corrected.

[philcski]

Correct... he can do what he wants in his own private gallery but not on public money/lands, ESPECIALLY mine and ESPECIALLY this subject.

Only slightly less disturbing than the "artist" who collected his own "shots" as "art".
http://news.softpedia.com/news/Sperm...en-76190.shtml

[cowgirlintexas]

Originally Posted by philcski

Correct... he can do what he wants in his own private gallery but not on public money/lands, ESPECIALLY mine and ESPECIALLY this subject.

Only slightly less disturbing than the "artist" who collected his own "shots" as "art".
http://news.softpedia.com/news/Sperm...en-76190.shtml

Now, I have seen it all.. lol.. According to him they are "Heartfelt and delicate".. Arrruugghhhh...

[my miss storm cat]

Originally Posted by blackthroatedwind

Art is art....and the artist has the right to express himself as he wishes. The people in the wrong are those in NYC that have granted him public funds and public grounds for exposure.

Hopefully it is not too late to bring this to the attention of the right people and have this mistake corrected.

Fair enough, I was being pissy... it's art and i don't have to like it, look at it, etc. but sometimes i think the word art is used as an excuse for propaganda, self-promotion, etc.

Agree with all the posts on here....

[hoovesupsideyourhead]

i can see the pidgon shiet on it now........

[my miss storm cat]

http://leftatthegate.blogspot.com/20...ro-statue.html

[GenuineRisk]

It's no chocolate Jesus; that's for sure.

[Riot]

Did you guys read the www.barbaroslaw.com website?

This is the first broad shot of wackjob Animal Rights activists in their fight against horse racing. The purpose of Barbaroslaw is to encourage people not to support, attend, or wager on horseracing.

It's appalling that they corrupt Barbaro's name by association with this crap. I wonder if the Jackson's can do anything to stop it?

PS nice comment BTW

[brianwspencer]

Originally Posted by GenuineRisk

It's no chocolate Jesus; that's for sure.

I don't like it, but then again I am all for people being able to do whatever they want with their art -- whether it be chocolate Jesus, pubic hair embedded in soap, or whatever else they can dream up, it'd be silly of me to champion their right to offend anyone else and then get mad over this.

[golfer]

I think in situations like this, even registering complaints just gives the art and the artist more exposure, which is what they want to begin with. It might be better to just ignore. In fact, if it wasn't for this thread, how many of us would have seen or heard about this piece of "art"?

[fpsoxfan]

I wonder if more people would be upset if they did a "Heath Ledger laying face down naked surrounded by pills sculpture" It would be in about the same taste.

[my miss storm cat]

Originally Posted by golfer

I think in situations like this, even registering complaints just gives the art and the artist more exposure, which is what they want to begin with.

Exactly, which is why I said a silent email-a-thon. Don't need the haha "artist" or even the gallery playing the role of victim...

[GenuineRisk]

Originally Posted by my miss storm cat

http://leftatthegate.blogspot.com/20...ro-statue.html

This was my favorite of the comments leftatthegate quoted:

<<The sculpture is just horrible, why in God’s name would put a horse on is back. Our horese are worrier’s and proud animals. Barbaro should never be on his back, proud and upright is were he should be. Maybe you should rethink this.>>

"Our horese are worrier's." Awesome.