HeightsGuy Posted April 19, 2006 Share Posted April 19, 2006 So, who's gonna be the first to paint a moustache on it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdude Posted April 19, 2006 Share Posted April 19, 2006 "Gorgeous"? "Peaceful"?That's not what the dude standing next to me yesterday at lunchtime, said. "What the f*ck is that?", were his remarks. Since I had taken the train down there specifically to look at this...umm..."contemporary art", I practically busted a gut laughing when he said it. I told him we had been debating it. He thought it was a monument to drive-thru banking, as was suggested here. Now, we know it is a monument to surface parking lots. Well, this is the Chronicle, after all. They're never going to express a negative opinion about something like that. Their goal is to be inoffensive and nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbigtex56 Posted April 19, 2006 Author Share Posted April 19, 2006 So, who's gonna be the first to paint a moustache on it?They're going to have to elevate the thing another twenty feet or hire a 24 hour guard to save it from graphic 'public comment'. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bachanon Posted April 20, 2006 Share Posted April 20, 2006 I think it would look better where it could be the center of attention...such as Town Green Park in the Woodlands. bach quietly cringes at the thought Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedScare Posted April 20, 2006 Share Posted April 20, 2006 bach quietly cringes at the thought Quietly cringes? That's it? Bach, I would've thought you would militantly reject this example of "contemporary art". Let me be the first, since everyone seems to be afraid to say it...Mr. Adickes, this piece of concrete SUCKS. Just because this is Texas, doesn't mean everything should be oversized. You clearly do not understand the concept of understatement, so the only thing you will understand is blatant rejection. So, here it is...I think your concrete SUCKS! To call this 20 foot piece of cement 'elegant' is the epitome of oxymoron. However, this is what I love about Houston...that we have chunks of rock to debate as art...not that it IS art, but that we can laugh at it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DMac Posted April 20, 2006 Share Posted April 20, 2006 dbigtex56 asked: Now that the thing's there, how do we go about getting rid of it?Just a thought, steal it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MidtownCoog Posted April 20, 2006 Share Posted April 20, 2006 What you slack jawed yokels fail to recognize that it can still be art, even if you don't like it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highway6 Posted April 20, 2006 Share Posted April 20, 2006 (edited) What you slack jawed yokels fail to recognize that it can still be art, even if you don't like it.And if enough people don't like it, is it still art?If everyone but the artist hates a piece, is that still art then?Perhaps, but just becasue something can be labeled art by sombody, doesn't mean it deserves to be put out on a pedastal for all to see.I haven't seen it yet in person, I'm not gonna judge it one way or another.. but for you to call everyone a yokel that hates something that had been deemed 'art' by you and the artist...If something is put out for public display, then it has the right to be criticized and questioned. Edited April 20, 2006 by Highway6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MidtownCoog Posted April 20, 2006 Share Posted April 20, 2006 Well I never said that I actually like it.But it is art nontheless. Why? Becuase people are talking about it.I'd like the see a giant head every other block along the rail line. Sure beats the heck out of those stupid "art cows". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Great Hizzy! Posted April 20, 2006 Share Posted April 20, 2006 (edited) And if enough people don't like it, is it still art?If everyone but the artist hates a piece, is that still art then?Yes.Art is about expression. About tapping into whatever it is that's inside you and then fashioning it into a verifiable medium. People may not like what you have to say or how you say it but if you convey these feelings in such a way, it's still an artistic endeavor.Nevertheless... LOL @ BHOMS.Hey... BHOMS sounded out is very similar to BOMBS.Imagine that. Edited April 20, 2006 by The Great Hizzy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highway6 Posted April 20, 2006 Share Posted April 20, 2006 (edited) But it is art nontheless. Why? Becuase people are talking about it.Thats the determining criteria in being labeled art ?I'm going to take a monsterous poop on the pedastal of this head and stick a little cocktail umbrella in it the night before the grand unveiling...... People will be talking about it...... Where does the art stop and the krap begin....Yes.Art is about expression. About tapping into whatever it is that's inside you and then fashioning it into a verifiable medium." I present to the people of Houston, my artistic endeavor, my poop. " This would definately be tapping into whatever is inside of me....________________________________________________________________Hizzy.. I actually agree with what you have to say.. My complaint was that the critics and the head haters shouldnt be looked down upon and called names becasue they critique and hate the head.However, Art is like race... That card can be played too much, in the wrong way, as a cop-out and excuse.If anything can be called art, and artistic expression can be used as an excuse for anything, then those two terms lose their meaning and value. Edited April 20, 2006 by Highway6 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
native_Houstonian Posted April 20, 2006 Share Posted April 20, 2006 What you slack jawed yokels fail to recognize that it can still be art, even if you don't like it. Cletus' theme song: Some folk'll never eat a skunk But then again, some folk'll Like Cle-tus the slack-jawed yokel Perhaps we could change it to go along with the BHOMS: Some folk'll never build a head But then again, some folk'll Like Adickes the artistic yokel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MidtownCoog Posted April 20, 2006 Share Posted April 20, 2006 I bet you like the big bannana on I-45.Now THAT is art. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest danax Posted April 21, 2006 Share Posted April 21, 2006 Ugly, gaudy and whimsical. I like it.It is very "Houston", is it not? It's like," there they go again, trying to be so "big city" with some street art and it's just a goofy idealized head of a Texas hippie-chick. Houston; they are just so pathetic they're lovable".Has anyone figured out the lower half of the statue yet? It looks like there's one teacup breast and then the black spot on the opposite side, like it had undergone a pubescent masectomy.I like it for its humor, but this does not strike me as one of Mr Adickes' finest pieces. I think I'll become an artist, if Houston is so desperate for displays of native-son expressions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KimberlySayWhat Posted April 21, 2006 Share Posted April 21, 2006 Adickes ought to do a big sculpture of Randy Quaid. Who agrees? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Houstonian in Iraq Posted April 21, 2006 Share Posted April 21, 2006 Adickes ought to do a big sculpture of Randy Quaid. Who agrees?Why Randy Quaid? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KimberlySayWhat Posted April 21, 2006 Share Posted April 21, 2006 Who wouldn't want a big statue of Randy Quaid? Can you imagine that? It would be so funny. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Houstonian in Iraq Posted April 21, 2006 Share Posted April 21, 2006 Who wouldn't want a big statue of Randy Quaid? Can you imagine that? It would be so funny. Why not his bro as well, Patrick Swayze, Beyonce, Hillary Duff, Brent Spiner ect.... in a BIG HEAD totem pole form......now that's art Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbigtex56 Posted April 21, 2006 Author Share Posted April 21, 2006 Has anyone figured out the lower half of the statue yet? It looks like there's one teacup breast and then the black spot on the opposite side, like it had undergone a pubescent masectomy. See below: What's with the hole in her throat? Did she have a trache? it's actually some sort of grease/poo smudged on her neck *gag* And you're right about it being right for Houston in some weird way; no self-respecting city would allow such laughably sentimental k-r-a-p, and not many small towns would, either. Of course, if Mr. Adickes had had the foresight to put 'Elegance' on wheels, it would qualify as an Art Car, and we'd all be ga-ga over it. Imagine 'Looking Forward' breaking loose from its pedestal, unstoppable, silently gliding alone through the deserted streets of Houston under moonlit skies, past palms and live oaks festooned with Spanish moss; pausing to serenely gaze through the sleepless bedroom windows of terrified children, then mutely moving on, on like the Undead. Big Head On Elm Street...? I digress. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bachanon Posted April 21, 2006 Share Posted April 21, 2006 can you imagine waking up and throwing open the blinds to that face staring right at you? i'd slowly close the blinds, crawl back into bed and repeat........"it's only a dream, it's only a dream". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
torvald Posted April 21, 2006 Share Posted April 21, 2006 can you imagine waking up and throwing open the blinds to that face staring right at you? i'd slowly close the blinds, crawl back into bed and repeat........"it's only a dream, it's only a dream". forgive me, who is julie burrows? i googled it a bit but only this sort of thing came up: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0093974/ she'e not really a hand puppet model for basic instinct, is she? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbigtex56 Posted April 21, 2006 Author Share Posted April 21, 2006 forgive me, who is julie burrows? i googled it a bit but only this sort of thing came up:http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0093974/she'e not really a hand puppet model for basic instinct, is she?Oh, but she is. From the Chron article:"Burrows, who as "Julie Bond" appeared in the 1995 movie Once in a Blue Moon and as a hand puppet model in the 1992 film Basic Instinct, lives in Nashville. Adickes worked from photographs he took of her."Imagine how difficult it must be for her to edit her resume'.Which leads to a question - would "Big Hand Puppet On Main Street" be too wordy and confusing? And how does it feel to be immortalized in such odd ways twice in one lifetime? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sevfiv Posted April 21, 2006 Share Posted April 21, 2006 (edited) she'e not really a hand puppet model for basic instinct, is she? that's awesome - now i am trying to think of hand puppets + basic instinct i think she is a local dancer (not that kind...) _______________ *edit - in the chronicle all it said was "Houston-born dancer and actress Julie Burrows" i can't find anything else about her, either Edited April 21, 2006 by sevfiv Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
torvald Posted April 21, 2006 Share Posted April 21, 2006 Oh, but she is. From the Chron article:"Burrows, who as "Julie Bond" appeared in the 1995 movie Once in a Blue Moon and as a hand puppet model in the 1992 film Basic Instinct..."i didn't see basic instict. could someone tell me WHY there was a need for a hand puppet model? from what i saw ofthe previews... and how's a hand puppet model different from a hand model? weird. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbigtex56 Posted April 21, 2006 Author Share Posted April 21, 2006 i didn't see basic instict. could someone tell me WHY there was a need for a hand puppet model? from what i saw ofthe previews... and how's a hand puppet model different from a hand model? weird.Let me freeze-frame that famous scene with Sharon Stone. Hmm...I don't think that's a hand puppet, but the lighting's not too great. Sure doesn't look like that statue, all skweejawed and stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sevfiv Posted April 21, 2006 Share Posted April 21, 2006 Let me freeze-frame that famous scene with Sharon Stone. Hmm...I don't think that's a hand puppet, but the lighting's not too great. do they even have puppet-doubles for stuff like that?? oh, i found this: http://www.ibdb.com/person.asp?id=74925 she had a short stint on broadway - and the porn industry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KimberlySayWhat Posted April 21, 2006 Share Posted April 21, 2006 Houstonian in Iraq:Why not his bro as well, Patrick Swayze, Beyonce, Hillary Duff, Brent Spiner ect.... in a BIG HEAD totem pole form......now that's art Now you're just talking crazy. Just kidding! That would be lovely. Especially in bronze. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
torvald Posted April 21, 2006 Share Posted April 21, 2006 (edited) she had a short stint on broadway - and the porn industry oh no! blissbox link = NSFW IMDB lists 3 different incarnations for her but the chronicle combines 2 of them... ? i couldn't leave the blissbox link up but does it look like her? does her face look like the statue, i mean. Edited April 21, 2006 by torvald Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sevfiv Posted April 21, 2006 Share Posted April 21, 2006 oh no! blissbox link = NSFW indeed - my apologies - i can't look at it either, but the term blissbox is quite amusing... i seriously doubt that is really her, unless she really did a puppet-double for sharon stone Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MidtownCoog Posted April 21, 2006 Share Posted April 21, 2006 This is starting to remind me of The Simpon's episode where Sringfield revolts when they try to dedicate a Jimmy Carter statue. The town revolts.Or "True Stories". Wonder what the artist will have to say a the dedication ceremony? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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