Uglier Than the Pat Tillman Statue

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

Domo Arigato, Demi Lovato (Phil D.), Friday, 30 August 2013 09:36 (ten years ago) link

sorry it's upthread already

fit and working again, Monday, 2 September 2013 21:03 (ten years ago) link

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.

Clyde One DJ Diane “Knoxy” Knox-Campbell (Merdeyeux), Monday, 2 September 2013 21:13 (ten years ago) link

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]

sleepingsignal, Tuesday, 3 September 2013 01:17 (ten years ago) link

four months pass...

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

Ian from Etobicoke (Phil D.), Tuesday, 7 January 2014 14:19 (ten years ago) link

Boy kinda looks like young Obama.

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

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

pplains, Tuesday, 7 January 2014 14:36 (ten years ago) link

one month passes...

Kurt is crying, y'all

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

imago draggin' (The Reverend), Friday, 21 February 2014 21:49 (ten years ago) link

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

fit and working again, Friday, 21 February 2014 22:00 (ten years ago) link

With a mop on his head.

nickn, Friday, 21 February 2014 22:50 (ten years ago) link

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

AIDS (Hungry4Ass), Friday, 21 February 2014 23:05 (ten years ago) link

they were working earlier

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

sleepingsignal, Saturday, 22 February 2014 00:33 (ten years ago) link

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

Tuomas, Saturday, 22 February 2014 00:36 (ten years ago) link

lol

AIDS (Hungry4Ass), Saturday, 22 February 2014 00:45 (ten years ago) link

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

fit and working again, Saturday, 22 February 2014 03:12 (ten years ago) link

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.

balls, Saturday, 22 February 2014 04:40 (ten years ago) link

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

balls, Saturday, 22 February 2014 04:40 (ten years ago) link

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.)

pplains, Saturday, 22 February 2014 04:43 (ten years ago) link

four months pass...

silent but deadly immortalized in bronze

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

ⓢⓗⓘⓣ (am0n), Monday, 14 July 2014 17:27 (nine years ago) link

Edgar Allen Poe-My-Finger

Queef Latina (Phil D.), Monday, 14 July 2014 17:32 (nine years ago) link

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

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

pplains, Monday, 14 July 2014 17:39 (nine years ago) link

one month passes...

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

'arry Goldman (Hurting 2), Friday, 22 August 2014 16:32 (nine years ago) link

oof

SEEMS TO ME (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 22 August 2014 17:55 (nine years ago) link

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.

mom tossed in kimchee (quincie), Friday, 22 August 2014 18:09 (nine years ago) link

three weeks pass...

just literally said "oh no" out loud

The Reverend, Wednesday, 17 September 2014 00:00 (nine years ago) link

laser eyes for sure

difficult-difficult lemon-difficult (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 17 September 2014 00:02 (nine years ago) link

Better yet

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

carl agatha, Wednesday, 17 September 2014 03:33 (nine years ago) link

loool

difficult-difficult lemon-difficult (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 17 September 2014 04:45 (nine years ago) link

on the upside, the statue looks a little better

difficult-difficult lemon-difficult (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 17 September 2014 23:33 (nine years ago) link

one month passes...

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

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

my jaw left (Hurting 2), Friday, 24 October 2014 16:54 (nine years ago) link

Hey, I turned an iconic image into a creepshot!

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

my jaw left (Hurting 2), Friday, 24 October 2014 16:55 (nine years ago) link

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

my jaw left (Hurting 2), Friday, 24 October 2014 16:59 (nine years ago) link

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

my jaw left (Hurting 2), Friday, 24 October 2014 17:01 (nine years ago) link

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

panettone for the painfully alone (mayor jingleberries), Friday, 24 October 2014 17:06 (nine years ago) link

rong thread: RIDING GIANTESS

pplains, Saturday, 25 October 2014 01:07 (nine years ago) link

one month passes...

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

pplains, Sunday, 21 December 2014 23:22 (nine years ago) link

also he looks like wayne rooney

difficult-difficult lemon-difficult (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 22 December 2014 00:16 (nine years ago) link

but mainly what pplains said O_O

difficult-difficult lemon-difficult (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 22 December 2014 00:16 (nine years ago) link

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/30570465 cheeky headline

Merdeyeux, Monday, 22 December 2014 01:28 (nine years ago) link

three months pass...

Would not have gotten this one in 1000 tries.

http://i.imgur.com/mh22OWa.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/CJ0a3sU.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/WfwBOM5.jpg

Vaclav Havel? No, but good guess… you got the ''post- cold war politician'' part right!

pplains, Friday, 3 April 2015 20:02 (nine years ago) link

Hey man he brought home the bacon to Palm springs

panettone for the painfully alone (mayor jingleberries), Saturday, 4 April 2015 02:45 (nine years ago) link


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