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It looks like a trite abomination to me, and I heartily encourage all the young vandals of this city to paint it, break its arms off, etc.

Posted by Fnarf | December 13, 2006 5:02 PM
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Oh Fnarf, I think it should have it's dong broken off, just like in The Goonies. Then stuck back on with superglue.

Posted by Dave Coffman | December 13, 2006 5:16 PM
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I like it better with the backstory. Now it looks cold and weirdly ironic. The figures also look like they're in danger of dislocating their elbows.

Posted by annie | December 13, 2006 6:45 PM
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I don't know if it's good art or bad art -- all I know ix that I have one hell of an erection right now.

Posted by cite | December 13, 2006 7:24 PM
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"Santorum" isn't the only word Dan Savage has injected (sigh) into the American lexicon. Too use another, I'm thinking that statue is a bit Nambish. Even worse, it's a bit 80's.

Posted by Dougsf | December 13, 2006 7:56 PM
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I wish it were more bulbous and cock-ish like her other work...

Posted by lim lambert | December 13, 2006 11:49 PM
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It looks like something out of Cold-War era Eastern Europe. I have a son and in this picture I get no feeling of the love or irritation or fatigue or pride or worry or daily rebirth of the feeling of wonder.

I had envisioned something more earthy along the lines of the "Old Man - young Boy" piece in the Gustav Vigeland Sculpture Park, Oslo Norway.

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Posted by mirror | December 13, 2006 11:50 PM
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Wasn't it a stipulation of the benefactor's will that the statue have large male genitalia? This man looks like the water in the fountain is very cold.

Posted by DrewVSea | December 14, 2006 9:30 AM
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If I remember correctly the commission was for a sculpture involving realistic male nudes. If this is in fact the case I am giving Bourgeois full credit. These are some realistic male nudes. As for the expressions on the faces, I don’t think they are important for this piece. The pieces seem to be more about the distance and the water that is a barrier. If the commission didn’t need realism, I think Bourgeois would have taken facial features out all together. I didn’t like the proposal, personally, but I think Bourgeois will deliver the sculpture she proposed. With all it’s intended meanings and context.

Posted by Alphabetics | December 14, 2006 9:54 AM
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Well, so far the subjects appear totally unconcerned about bridging the distance or that there is any distance.

Posted by mirror | December 14, 2006 10:18 AM
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Please don't get in the business of critiquing unfinished art, and perhaps particularly pieces of site-specific art still sitting a long ways off from anything resembling their intended location and position.

Posted by John Tynes | December 14, 2006 8:05 PM

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