Uglier Than the Pat Tillman Statue

everyone needs to read the newyorker article abt that dude

Does it just focus on his solo stuff or does it go into his years with the Commodores?

Kyle and Rury had not seen each other during the decade that Kyle was in the Navy. But they picked up where they left off, pulling pranks on each other. Several times, Rury sneaked up Kyle’s driveway in the middle of the night and slapped pro-Obama bumper stickers on his truck. (Kyle was a fervent Republican.) In retaliation, Kyle pasted one on Rury’s truck that declared “I Love Black Cock.”

The SEALs began telling stories, and Kyle offered a shocking one. In the days after Hurricane Katrina, he said, the law-and-order situation was dire. He and another sniper travelled to New Orleans, set up on top of the Superdome, and proceeded to shoot dozens of armed residents who were contributing to the chaos. Three people shared with me varied recollections of that evening: the first said that Kyle claimed to have shot thirty men on his own; according to the second, the story was that Kyle and the other sniper had shot thirty men between them; the third said that she couldn’t recall specific details.

the Katrina story can't be true, can it? that's fucked up.

His statue appears to made of delicious milk chocolate, so at least it won't be around long.

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/37/BraveStatue_1200x1600.jpg

sorry it's upthread already

it's a good one though. not only is it a comically hideous statue, it's a comically hideous statue of that great scottish hero... mel gibson.

In 1997, a 12-ton sandstone statue depicting Mel Gibson as William Wallace in Braveheart was placed in the car park of the Wallace Monument near Stirling, Scotland. The statue, which was the work of Tom Church, a monumental mason from Brechin,[20] included the word "Braveheart" on Wallace's shield. The installation became the cause of much controversy; one local resident stated that it was wrong to "desecrate the main memorial to Wallace with a lump of crap."[21] In 1998 the face on the statue was vandalised by someone wielding a hammer. After repairs were made, the statue was encased in a cage every night to prevent further vandalism. This only incited more calls for the statue to be removed as it then appeared that the Gibson/Wallace figure was imprisoned. The statue was described as "among the most loathed pieces of public art in Scotland."[22] In 2008, the statue was returned to its sculptor to make room for a new visitor centre being built at the foot of the Wallace Monument.[23]

I . . . don't know if this is actually uglier or not. I'd like to see the final sculpted version. It IS hilarious, though.

The Satanic church that applied for a permit to erect a monument to Satan next to the Ten Commandments monument at the Oklahoma state-capitol building has unveiled its proposed design.

The 7-ft.-tall (2.1 m) sculpture would feature Satan depicted in the form of Baphomet, a bearded, goat-headed, winged hominid with horns seated on a throne beneath a pentagram with two smiling children to either side.

Read more: Oklahoma: Satanic Temple Unveils Monument for Capitol | TIME.com http://nation.time.com/2014/01/07/satanists-unveil-statue-for-oklahoma-capitol/#ixzz2piqf5tck

http://timemilitary.files.wordpress.com/2014/01/satan-monument.jpg?w=753

Boy kinda looks like young Obama.

which .... come to think of it...

http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1042840/thumbs/o-SATAN-OBAMA-570.jpg

Kurt is crying, y'all

http://www.angelfire.com/nb/devyl/statue3.jpg

http://www.angelfire.com/nb/devyl/statue1.jpg

With a mop on his head.

are you guys really trolling me in 2014 by trygin to link to images hosted on angelfire

they were working earlier

http://media.komonews.com/images/140220_Kurt_Cobain_Aberdeen_11.jpg

Man, It's hard to believe Kurt Cobain has been dead for 20 years but Angelfire still exists.

lol

http://deathandtaxesmag.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/statue3.jpg

less ugly than odd: the boll weevil monument
http://azweird.com/img/arts/2010/Dec/07/756/boll_thumb.jpg

The original statue of the woman, excluding the fountain and boll weevil, was built in Italy for approximately $1,800. The boll weevil was not added until thirty years later, when Luther Baker thought the Boll Weevil Monument should have a boll weevil on it. He made the boll weevil and mounted it atop the statue.

The boll weevil, and sometimes even the entire monument, has been stolen many times throughout the years. Each time it was found and repaired by the city of Enterprise until July 11, 1998. On that day vandals ripped the boll weevil out of the statue's hands and permanently damaged the statue. City leaders were going to repair the original statue and put it back, but it proved too difficult and costly. A polymer-resin replica was erected in its place in downtown Enterprise in 1998, and the original is on display at Enterprise's Depot Museum, a few hundred feet away at 106 Railroad Street. There is a security camera nearby that monitors the monument for further vandalism.

got to give it up to alabama, they're not half bad at this public sculpture thing

had no idea bollweevils made it out of the South, much less outside the USA:

http://www.stewpig.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/Mascots-and-cheerleaders-30.jpg

(not a statue, but a mascot.)

silent but deadly immortalized in bronze

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-4tSpsukkfU8/TonkUv19MoI/AAAAAAAALhk/OqpsOljaLoY/s1600/poe-statue-02.jpg

Edgar Allen Poe-My-Finger

"Dude, you're too drink. I'm not giving you the keys."

"Wait... Wait... Look... I'm fine... hold on a ."

http://i.imgur.com/5g3GHYK.jpg

oof

I bet he would have appreciated a little help with the belly/pants fit thing. But I dunno the poorly fitting shirt may be awesome, I can't decide.

http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2014/9/14/1410700429972/Amy-Winehouse-statue-005.jpg

just literally said "oh no" out loud

laser eyes for sure

Better yet

http://www.bikehugger.com/images/blog/lazer_boob_bike_safe.jpg

loool

http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/dam/assets/140916151034-09-selfies-0917-horizontal-large-gallery.jpg

on the upside, the statue looks a little better

Congratulations New Jersey

https://fbcdn-sphotos-c-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xap1/v/t1.0-9/10153776_1500490630221399_9094586965482786802_n.jpg?oh=0d44626483c9cc582de42d4389bb909b&oe=54F4AA08&__gda__=1424686897_4957a8e90a5b2ff085507600f0f89c5b

Like all great sculptures, it benefits from many different angles of viewing

http://media.nj.com/the-times/photo/2014/05/14843614-standard.jpg

Hey, I turned an iconic image into a creepshot!

http://s3-media4.fl.yelpcdn.com/bphoto/-7Lycgte-FaZQ8uW-Nl5MQ/348s.jpg

http://mementopalmsprings.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/marilyn-monroe-statue-palm-springs-ca.jpg

palm springs got ya beat tho

Yeah it is apparently visiting NJ's Grounds for Sculpture for a retrospective.

Oh I just realized it's the same dude who does those 3D versions of famous paintings, which are kind of awful and awesome at the same time

http://www.theartsadventurer.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/manet-the-picnic.jpg

do they put roller skates on the statue to get it to new jersey

actually,
http://imgick.nj.com/home/njo-media/pgmain/img/the-times/photo/2014/04/-bd297a3369516da0.jpg

rong thread: RIDING GIANTESS

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B5YbE05CAAE6UbQ.jpg:large

Well good god, guess he made an impression on the sculptor.

also he looks like wayne rooney

but mainly what pplains said O_O