Giant sculpture to be located in Liffey

[GrahamH]

Maybe his sitter was caught short during the session?

[PTB]

I'd hate to be cleaning that studio

[GrahamH]

Ah it happens to the best of us, PTB.

Apparently.

[PTB]

Yep, we all end up pissing in the corner of an artist's studio at some time in our lives.

[notjim]

are you sure he is pissing, maybe it is a wank by the river bank?

[Morlan]

"The Sleaze On The Quays"



(you saw it here first!)

[PTB]

The more I look at it the more I think that the figure is worried about the size of his penis

[ctesiphon]

Maybe he should be given an SUV?

[Sarsfield]

are you sure he is pissing, maybe it is a wank by the river bank?

You mean he's got a stiffy in the Liffey?

[KerryBog2]

The dick in thje dock?

[henno]

The Loner with a Boner???

[fergalr]

The Slump in the Dump?

[StephenC]

The crap on this site sometimes!

[fergalr]

The Banal by the Canal?

[alonso]

The clown ar an abhann

bah this one may have us normally inspired Dubs stumped!

Given the state of the Liffey - "The Folly among the Trolleys"?
I liked the original "Dub in the Tub" from a few weeks back though
"the fool in the pool"

give up

[ctesiphon]

The crap on this site sometimes!

Oh come on, Stephen, that doesn't even rhyme!

[mickletterfrack]

If this monstrosity goes ahead, I hope someone then commisions a giant 40ft rubber band preferably somewhere on the southside , then the capital will have a grand scale represntation of the genuine Dub .... a forlorn junkie pissing in the river cos he left his needle on O'Connell St. and cant get a vein. Or maybe you should just roll out that other joke of a thing (I wouldnt even call it a sculpture) you had in the river, the Millenium clock 'The time in the Slime' put it next to Gormleys bubble man and pretend he is looking for his watch.... now that would be funny

Gormley is not a great sculpture in the sense of a sculpture who is also a great craftsman... he is just another example of someone getting away with bad craft by calling it Art and making it large scale.

Dubs I wouldnt even wish this heap of junk on you'se, even though us culchies would have some laugh coming up to see it ... obviouly someone in DDDA has to spend their allotment of funding for public works of art in a hurry and so commisioned a big name to do a big piece in a big hurry at a big price. Isnt there any talent left in Dublin or Ireland that could have come up with something better for 1.6 million...what must the losing pieces have looked like, I would be interested to hear what they were.

[phil]

If this monstrosity goes ahead, I hope someone then commisions a giant 40ft rubber band preferably somewhere on the southside , then the capital will have a grand scale represntation of the genuine Dub .... a forlorn junkie pissing in the river cos he left his needle on O'Connell St. and cant get a vein.

I don't see what this line of argument has to do with this sculpture. It belittles a serious problem that many communities in this city have been dealing with for decades.

[tommyt]

Any commentary yet on whether its noggin will be visible from the georgian mile? That would kick off the mother of all mickeyfits from conservation interests. FWIW I think its poxy. How far would 1.6M go towards the cost of constructing a weir there instead that would be practical and could easily incorporate an aesthetic brief. Would be a better legacy for whatever overcompensating egomaniac in the DDDDDDDDDA dreamt this up.

[phil]

I remember seeing a photomontage of a weir located in this area a few years ago. Don't know what became of it though.

[archipig]

it really does look shite

[alonso]

tommyt "the mother of all mickey fits"

that's going in my act! One day if I get to speak at an oral hearing, I will use it against some residents association or indeed the IGS.

[tommyt]

tommyt "the mother of all mickey fits"

that's going in my act! One day if I get to speak at an oral hearing, I will use it against some residents association or indeed the IGS.

Would be great if oral hearings were conducted in a stand-up comedian stylee- would be especailly appropriate in the case of this travesty.

Wonder what would have happened with the IKEA application if it had been all to play for going into the final, quick-fire improv round?

[archipig]

The Slump in the Dump?

The poo at CHQ?

[Morlan]

I hope DDDA are reading this thread. Overall consensus = Shite.