why are his hands so small? it's very distracting.

Well if you look down, I think it is clear why his hands are so small.

holy crap, i was about to comment on his small impish hands.

I suppose it's worth noting that the Earth's first murderer was apparently a manscaper. Proof that no good comes from that silly practice.

1)uh, Jen, we're not 12. There's a difference between making fun of a dick in a certain context and exposed genitalia on a piece of art. Jeesh.

2)This would make more sense in the Capitol Hill rail station than those stupid jets.

3)StrangerDanger is a size queen. There's nothing wrong with the size of the genitals in question. Seems pretty average, for being in a flaccid state. And, I'm an experienced appraiser.

@5, regarding statement 1:

BWAHAHAHA! WEENUS!

Is it Cain? Is it Abel? If it's Cain is it pre murder? Is it Abel because he's standing on foliage? Is it Cain symbolizing the death of Abel by standing on the foliage? Either way pine boughs are a weird choice since Abel was a farmer...maybe he couldn't find plastic wheat.

*Damnit...I got my biblical shit mixed up. Cain was the farmer. My bad...

@5 (subsection 3) -- Totally agree. And that's actually a really nice pair.

Jen - such an apt title for your post! The genitalia are the best formed features of this work - the hands and knock knees are distracting, making the cock and balls the center of this work.

just because somebody has to:

Currently Hanging...a little to the right.

Cut or uncut? Calimari lovers everywhere need to know.

There is no relationship whatever between size flaccid and size erect.

It's not an issue that effects me—I work here—but I seriously cannot believe this post hasn't gotten a single "NSFW!!!!!!" comment.

In the past, when Jen's posted any sort of arty female nudity all Hell broke loose.

Are wangs fair game?

Yes, it is too much to ask.

Even if you seem to have a fondness for very small hands, Jen.

@14, Probably because it's not a REAL wang. Just one made out of "stoneware, paint, concrete, plastic foliage, wax, hair, and wood". Wood. *snicker*

the penis is too small to even notice David.

i think the penis is fine... i mean i don't really understand why people are calling it small... what do you want, a raging hard on? and its not nsfw because its an artistic sculpture... not porn.

the hands are the real problem here people.

I can only imagine the disappointment of first time "currently hanging" readers when they see the next post in this series.

tiffany, unless that dick as big as a Louisville Slugger, then it is an unsatisfactory small penis.

So...which one's Cain, and which one's Abel?

Well, it isn't Michelangelo's David, that's for sure.

His head looks like a Neanderthal, his torso is too long (or his arms & legs too short; whatever, the proportions are fucked), he's bow-legged and sporting a paunch. The artist managed to add bed-head hair to his head, but left the rest of him bald as a 9-year-old.

This statue is disturbing, regardless of wang or biblical references.

Maybe it's one of those perspective things where the artist wants you to get really close to the hands to view the entire sculpture. Sort of like "Davids" really big head.

There is absolutely no iconography that would indicate that this is the Biblical Cain: As a post-lapsarian he should be clothed, he appears to be circumcised and circumcision was covenated much later, and there is no mark upon his brow. It would seem that he is just a guy named Cain.

I stand corrected, Jen.

Many of us ARE apparently 12 years old...

And isn't Bellevue Ave a heterosexual male? How did he get to be an expert on the wang?

i've spent many years in self reflection on them.

Doug's sculptures are typically all wrong on purpose--he's made lots of ceramics where each limb or body part is of different scale or obviously from a different figure. Haven't seen this in person yet but I'm thinking he's doing that but without showing as many of the seams (except at the wrists.)

shouldn't you change the title of this post to "currently hung"?

Um, yeah - a prime example of why I never read the slog at work: the surprise post sans the NSFW warning.

Just sayin'...