Thursday, January 19, 2012

La Brea Lenin

The Gao Brothers' "Miss Mao Trying to Poise Herself at the Top of Lenin's Head," now visible.

5 comments:

ifthethunderdontgetya™³²®© said...

Are they watching over the tar pits?
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BadTux said...

ROFL! Public art, ya gotta love it! Up here in the Silly Cone Valley, San Jose commissioned a work that was so ugly that it sat in a warehouse for years before they finally with embarrassment installed it in a public park, where it stayed for maybe a year before the complaints about "why is there a statue of a giant dog turd in our park" got it finally secreted away again. I see that Los Angeles has no such feeling of embarassment about ugly statues, yet another reason why L.A. is special ;).

- Badtux the Statuesque Penguin

M. Bouffant said...

"Special" Ed.

This is a private deal, located in a former Chevy-Buick dealership a gallery took over.

They're watching the Chrysler-Jeep dealership across the street that's also closed but hasn't been taken over by arty types.

BadTux said...

Actually found out our poop statue is still in the park, just haven't noticed it lately because it's usually surrounded by porta-potties (how appropriate!). We also have schmoozing schmoos, a genocidal wife beater on horseback, and other such joyous pieces of public art. We suck.

- Badtux the Bestatued Penguin

M. Bouffant said...

Life Coaching Editor:

We suck.

That's the attitude!!

Every town has a genocidal wife-beater on horseback, they're what made America what it is today!