Giant sculpture to be located in Liffey
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http://www.rte.ie/news/2007/0822/drivetime.html
the man himself talking about it
its a sculpture of a drawing of man made of bubbles…
he usually does like to include the penis in his man sculptures.
It think its its ok! However the proposed location is in the wrong place.
The Wire in the Mire!
A forlorn figure with it’s head down standing in the river looking at the quay wall. Kinda doesn’t do it. I might have known he would have gone for a skeletal mesh framed figure.
It looks like a bunch of bicycle frames throw together – not good and will date really rapidly.
What is the DDDA up to? They seem to be throwing international architects and designers at it hoping that it will make the Docklands exciting and international – in fact it seems to be turning into an incoherent mess
I quite like it. And the London installation is great – a real talking point. Thats what this type of art is all about. It doesn’t always need to “mean something” as someone suggested earlier. Its just art for its own sake.
how long until the skangers use it as a climbing frame?
so will this terminate the vista on Westland Row? Might work from that p.o.v. but on the quaysides I just don’t see it working. And exactly what does “steel coated with bitumen” as a material contribute???
I reckon build a dozen of them down the middle of the Liffey, they can hold up the Suas cables with one hand – kill two birds with one stone.
Or build 15 of them, and we could call them the Team in the Stream. Or the Blues in the Ooze?
Its a lot better than what i had envisaged, though definitely the wrong spot for it, would sit much better in parkland or a vast expanse of water.
If it is to go there, and it appears there’s little anyone can do about it, should he not be looking down on the bridge or water ?
The Bubbles in the Rubble
the idea of a sculpture like this should be to be bold and inspiring but this achieves neither,the artist seems to be tryin to hide it by making it basically see-through despite its gargantuin size and its not inspiring as it looks like some guy shuffling into the corner afraid of being seen(taking a piss)!
it also looks very temporary or unfinishedThe Jock in the Dock?
The Pee on the Quay.
It probably wouldnt be as bad if didn’t look like he was taking a piss. Maybe facing philsophically out towards the irish sea would be better
Maybe his sitter was caught short during the session?
I’d hate to be cleaning that studio
Ah it happens to the best of us, PTB.
Apparently.
Yep, we all end up pissing in the corner of an artist’s studio at some time in our lives.
are you sure he is pissing, maybe it is a wank by the river bank?
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