Uglier Than the Pat Tillman Statue

that, otoh, is some hideous shit

Speaking of baffling "gateway" sculputres on freeways, this is what greets visitors entering melbourne from the airport road:

http://i.pbase.com/o6/99/380799/1/33201038.P7Bxx7vU.CITYLINK.jpg

The I AM A GIANT CHEESE STICK AND I WILL CRUSH U sculpture.

frankly baffled

I... like some of these

?

http://i.imgur.com/RDsfs.jpg

like okay yes this is totally ridiculous and looks like something from a Terry Gilliam movie but I find that kind of endearing

contenderizer: I do like the snakes/plane/man sculpture i posted btw! I just think it is a bizarre thing to have in front of a city hall. And on googling about it yesterday I found an article where the sculptor himself apparently said "thats still there? I made that as a joke".

http://www.seattleoutdoorart.com/images/EpicenterBuildingD.jpg

less public sculpture than gaudi fail, but still atrocious

and shakey OTM about the endearing ridiculousness of tereteli's columbus (like his balzac, too)

WOuld totally live in that apartment block!

it's certainly cheerful! http://i.imgur.com/zi7hd.gif

Jim's statue heavily influenced by Bjork in the Big Time Sensuality video I think.

I don't think it's uglier than the Pat Tillman statue. Hell, it ain't even the ugliest MLK statue.

But.

http://img24.imageshack.us/img24/1484/bildesz.jpg

That is one angry looking peacemaker. Looks like if you piss him off, he's going to come out of that brick and whack you across the head with his rolled-up paper. His coming out of the mountain, leaving the two sides of it behind, either reminds me of one of the Buddhas that got blown up by the Taliban or some sort of weird Wile E. Coyote episode they took off the air in the early 70s.

And least his hands aren't up like Han Solo's.

ha

http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/8.VQXSUYD7C9EvMj_GJ1qQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9aW5zZXQ7aD02MzA7cT04NTt3PTM5MA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/9b408463c3b78212f60e6a706700e077.jpg

"Hey, HEY, Josh Turbin! You know better than to run in the halls like that."

http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/F4YEzCjIHJp2TfmCZwznDQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9aW5zZXQ7aD00MTM7cT04NTt3PTYzMA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/64035c1fc3ba8212f60e6a706700818e.jpg

"Stay back from the gate. The band's not coming out for another 45 minutes."

http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/t6gusUqhe0Zf4kwaCbEzGQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9aW5zZXQ7aD00MDQ7cT04NTt3PTYzMA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/963ca097d8299a12f60e6a7067001875.jpg

"Swear this train gets later every morning."

http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/Qf4xeTy5qbuF4Z4Zken0kQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9aW5zZXQ7aD00MjE7cT04NTt3PTYzMA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/0aed628cd8299a12f60e6a7067007765.jpg

http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/TDDZsPXtVpup6CL9JkJsCQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9aW5zZXQ7aD02MzA7cT04NTt3PTQyMQ--/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/23e0d082d7239512f60e6a706700cda3.jpg

"No! Watch the defense! SPREAD! SPREAD! Get away from that guy, Scotty. A FOUL? Godammit…"

http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/mTeaMQOlxNDlJejpNNuVwQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9aW5zZXQ7aD00MjA7cT04NTt3PTYzMA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/gettyimages.com/media-preview-held-martin-luther-20110822-095715-486.jpg
And through the window in the wall, come streaming in on sunlight wings,
A million bright ambassadors of morning…

http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/.7nFf6ytKP70vWem5QC.iw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9aW5zZXQ7aD00MTA7cT04NTt3PTYzMA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/513007f3c3b08212f60e6a706700652e.jpg

"Makin' fun of my statue on ILX, tsk tsk. I don't see any North Korean statues that are so goddamm funny on this thread, now do I?"

That statue is actually a fine likeness, but yeah... wow.

this isn't ugly, it's hysterical & great but i didn't know where else to put it.

http://www.designboom.com/weblog/images/images_2/erica/817/bunny01.jpg

http://www.designboom.com/weblog/images/images_2/erica/817/add02.jpg

i love it!

btw talking of giant stuffed rabbits...

http://sports.cbsimg.net/images/visual/whatshot/shaquille-oneal-statue-1.jpg

http://image.cdnl3.xosnetwork.com/pics32/800/VM/VMVIDXANIDJDSKF.20110909004747.jpg

If I lived in Baton Rouge, I know what my Halloween costume would be this year.

That's pretty rad.

Statues look a bit odd when they're action shots in the first place (see OP), but when you start adding little props like one-quarter of a backboard that looks like a broken piece of plywood or the hardwood opening up like bamboo sticks, I think you're taking your subject into a much more surreal place than intended.

But it's LSU, not Statuary Hall. It's not like they could feature him making a free throw.

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/ABPub/2006/06/12/2003057156.jpg

Not an actual statue right? One of those "guys"?

in front of baltimore's penn station
http://www.writingcentralbaltimore.com/wcb_spring10/lib/exe/fetch.php?cache=&media=male_female_statue.jpg

and by night
http://uncubedmedia.com/Vision/images/20080619153822_penn_station_statue.jpg

Oh boy...

http://cache.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/7/2011/10/111007schwarz.jpg

So is that the winner for "veiniest statue ever"?

just checking the butt is sufficiently taut, there

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-i8pLFcO0tzI/TkTwhyEfm7I/AAAAAAAAhg4/1jRwupinA-I/s640/ENTER%252520TV-HAPPYDAYS%252520MW.jpg

huh, kinda neat having such symmetrical posts, a pic of the arnie statue next to a picture of T-1000

Bronzie

http://a.espncdn.com/photo/2009/0107/ncf_a_paterno_600.jpg

http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4a3gyQ86j1qfy8bao1_500.jpg

balls of wax

I know it makes me a bad Chicagoan but I hate this statute so much:

http://cdn.c.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000EEmNBoBJjd8/s/750/600/DSC-1928-Harry-Caray-Statue-Wrigley-Field.jpg

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/118/251911874_c90185435d.jpg

RARRRRRRR IMA EATCHOOOO

And this by where I work, which I don't mind aesthetically as much as I object to its frequent use as an open-air public urinal:

http://www.chicagotribune.com/media/photo/2011-08/64292445.jpg

good lord what is that terrifying frank costanza monstrosity, why are there children ossified in his legs?

ledge, he's a former mayor of Chicago who was forced to resign after the remains of ossified children were found in his umbrella can.

http://p.twimg.com/As4BwoyCIAEsOKj.jpg

http://i1.ytimg.com/vi/pBU5e2HqcrA/hqdefault.jpg

http://art.newcity.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/BS98_The_Ghost_of_Harry_Caray.jpg

Either that, or he was the longtime announcer for the Chicago Cubs. I can never remember. </cardinals_fan>

The ossified children remind me of the kids under the robe of the Spirit of Chirstmas Yet to Come. Or something from one of the Nightmare on Elm St. Sequels, though I can't place which one. It's so bad, though.

also they look like diarrhea children :/

I love this thread."turds in the plaza" made me burst out laughing.

Pretty sure I'm going to have nightmares of that balloon tonight, see you all again at 4 am CDT.