Boob Seagull statue has outraged folks in Massachusetts - Page 2

Slowvehicle · 2nd August 2016, 07:34 PM

Originally Posted by Jrrarglblarg

We call him Bluecifer.

Bluecephalus...

Mumbles · 2nd August 2016, 08:38 PM

Somehow, this glitched out my usual habit of misreading thread titles in the perviest possible way.

Me: "Oh, what would be so bad about a Bob Seger statue...and how do I even know that name?"

Me (re-reads title): "Wait...'Boob seagull'? What the..."

Noztradamus · 2nd August 2016, 08:42 PM

Originally Posted by Gord_in_Toronto

Anyone for crowdfunding to set up a partner for her? We could call him Dick?

I favour a crowfunding for the partner statue

fuelair · 2nd August 2016, 09:54 PM

Originally Posted by Babbylonian

Not only should the statue remain but I would want to support installing as many statues as this artist wants to make.

It's not that I particularly like the statue (truth be told, I really don't like it at all) but I despise anyone who campaigns against art. **** that dude and the statue of a horse he rode in on.

Or, perhaps, with it!!!!

marplots · 2nd August 2016, 11:40 PM

We live in a time when bad art is more impactful than good art.

I would pay to hit that with a sledge hammer.

TragicMonkey · 3rd August 2016, 04:53 AM

Originally Posted by casebro

Some people sure did better marine art.

Last known location Monterrey Ca.

Mermaid horses? Why is that not a huge franchise delighting millions of young girls with cartoons, movies, toys, and accessories?

Polaris · 3rd August 2016, 10:58 AM

Originally Posted by marplots

We live in a time when bad art is more impactful than good art.

I would pay to hit that with a sledge hammer.

Thanks Jackson Pollock!

shemp · 3rd August 2016, 02:57 PM

Boob Seagull looks like something that you'd see in an amusement park that closed 30 years ago.

TragicMonkey · 3rd August 2016, 03:02 PM

Originally Posted by shemp

Boob Seagull looks like something that you'd see in an amusement park that closed 30 years ago.

Or something that would be in the background of a Silent Hill screenshot, covered in rust and blood, with a cryptic clue scratched into it.

casebro · 3rd August 2016, 05:10 PM

The bad artists who do bad art usually have a Patron. Somebody with an emotional attachment to the artist, who buys every bit if "ART" they make. And supplies a PR agent too. Pretty soon, we all hear about what a great artist 'Jaqui" is.

But what we miss is the Performance Art aspect. See, a big part of the Art is when the artist puts his check in the bank, laughing at us all the way. Meantime, the patron has al these big ugly statues, and can't do a thing with them- except donate them to the nearest municipality that is dumb enough to take them.

casebro · 3rd August 2016, 05:16 PM

[Quote http://destinationnewbedford.org/sea...-walk/]....Ten to twenty sculptures will be temporarily installed ...[/quote]

Phew. It's temporary.

Just acouple more pics http://destinationnewbedford.org/seaport-art-walk/

casebro · 3rd August 2016, 05:18 PM

Originally Posted by shemp

Boob Seagull looks like something that you'd see in an amusement park that closed 30 years ago.

Yeah, at the former "Mom's Home Fried Chicken Shack" just off the midway.

William Parcher · 3rd August 2016, 06:19 PM

Quote:

Just acouple more pics http://destinationnewbedford.org/seaport-art-walk/

Sad Blue Cock

dudalb · 4th August 2016, 11:04 AM

Originally Posted by Peterson

I find it hard to believe that it's the boobs they find objectionable. Without the the boobs it would be even worse.

https://c.o0bg.com/rf/image_371w/Bos...mes01_livA.jpg

THe guy is outraged over the wrong thing. He should be outraged at taxpayer's money going to pay for crappy art like that.

dudalb · 4th August 2016, 11:05 AM

Originally Posted by shemp

Boob Seagull looks like something that you'd see in an amusement park that closed 30 years ago.

I am no fan of the LDS church, but their Seagull statue in Temple Square in Salt Lake City is a 100 times better.

TragicMonkey · 4th August 2016, 11:21 AM

Originally Posted by dudalb

THe guy is outraged over the wrong thing. He should be outraged at taxpayer's money going to pay for crappy art like that.

He should worry more about the statue coming to life and hunting him down to avenge his insults. It may curse him to grow his own stiff inappropriate boobs.

madurobob · 4th August 2016, 11:44 AM

Originally Posted by TragicMonkey

[blah blah blah]... inappropriate boobs.

After due consideration: Nope, no such thing.

3point14 · 4th August 2016, 11:50 AM

Perhaps it's just a really poor pun.

fishbob · 4th August 2016, 01:17 PM

Originally Posted by Jrrarglblarg

The best part of this awkward and amateurish looking civic art is the pallet on which it stands.

That is a really nice pallet. I want one in my front yard.

paulhutch · 4th August 2016, 06:16 PM

Originally Posted by dudalb

THe guy is outraged over the wrong thing. He should be outraged at taxpayer's money going to pay for crappy art like that.

All the statues are loaned by the artists for this temporary summer exhibition so the taxpayers aren't paying for the statues.

paulhutch · 4th August 2016, 06:20 PM

Originally Posted by fishbob

That is a really nice pallet. I want one in my front yard.

To be fair to Jrrarglblarg, in the first photo I also thought it looked like a shipping pallet. Photos I've looked at since show it to be a rather nice wooden stand for the statue.

shemp · 4th August 2016, 06:51 PM

Originally Posted by TragicMonkey

He should worry more about the statue coming to life and hunting him down to avenge his insults. It may curse him to grow his own stiff inappropriate boobs.

I see another Syfy movie in the works.

fishbob · 5th August 2016, 05:40 AM

Originally Posted by paulhutch

To be fair to Jrrarglblarg, in the first photo I also thought it looked like a shipping pallet. Photos I've looked at since show it to be a rather nice wooden stand for the statue.

You Wooden Standists always have to ruin things for us Palletites.

2nd August 2016, 07:34 PM	#41
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fuelair Cythraul Enfys Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 54,065	Originally Posted by Babbylonian Not only should the statue remain but I would want to support installing as many statues as this artist wants to make. It's not that I particularly like the statue (truth be told, I really don't like it at all) but I despise anyone who campaigns against art. **** that dude and the statue of a horse he rode in on. Or, perhaps, with it!!!!
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marplots Penultimate Amazing Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 29,047	We live in a time when bad art is more impactful than good art. I would pay to hit that with a sledge hammer.

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TragicMonkey Poisoned Waffles Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Monkey Posts: 43,324	Originally Posted by shemp Boob Seagull looks like something that you'd see in an amusement park that closed 30 years ago. Or something that would be in the background of a Silent Hill screenshot, covered in rust and blood, with a cryptic clue scratched into it.
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casebro Penultimate Amazing Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 13,825	The bad artists who do bad art usually have a Patron. Somebody with an emotional attachment to the artist, who buys every bit if "ART" they make. And supplies a PR agent too. Pretty soon, we all hear about what a great artist 'Jaqui" is. But what we miss is the Performance Art aspect. See, a big part of the Art is when the artist puts his check in the bank, laughing at us all the way. Meantime, the patron has al these big ugly statues, and can't do a thing with them- except donate them to the nearest municipality that is dumb enough to take them.
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casebro Penultimate Amazing Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 13,825	[Quote http://destinationnewbedford.org/sea...-walk/]....Ten to twenty sculptures will be temporarily installed ...[/quote] Phew. It's temporary. Just acouple more pics http://destinationnewbedford.org/seaport-art-walk/
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casebro Penultimate Amazing Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 13,825	Originally Posted by shemp Boob Seagull looks like something that you'd see in an amusement park that closed 30 years ago. Yeah, at the former "Mom's Home Fried Chicken Shack" just off the midway.
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dudalb Penultimate Amazing Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 36,262	Originally Posted by Peterson I find it hard to believe that it's the boobs they find objectionable. Without the the boobs it would be even worse. https://c.o0bg.com/rf/image_371w/Bos...mes01_livA.jpg THe guy is outraged over the wrong thing. He should be outraged at taxpayer's money going to pay for crappy art like that.
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dudalb Penultimate Amazing Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 36,262	Originally Posted by shemp Boob Seagull looks like something that you'd see in an amusement park that closed 30 years ago. I am no fan of the LDS church, but their Seagull statue in Temple Square in Salt Lake City is a 100 times better.
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TragicMonkey Poisoned Waffles Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Monkey Posts: 43,324	Originally Posted by dudalb THe guy is outraged over the wrong thing. He should be outraged at taxpayer's money going to pay for crappy art like that. He should worry more about the statue coming to life and hunting him down to avenge his insults. It may curse him to grow his own stiff inappropriate boobs.
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fishbob Seasonally Disaffected Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Chilly Undieville Posts: 6,842	Originally Posted by Jrrarglblarg The best part of this awkward and amateurish looking civic art is the pallet on which it stands. That is a really nice pallet. I want one in my front yard.
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paulhutch Graduate Poster Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Blackstone River Valley, MA Posts: 1,790	Originally Posted by dudalb THe guy is outraged over the wrong thing. He should be outraged at taxpayer's money going to pay for crappy art like that. All the statues are loaned by the artists for this temporary summer exhibition so the taxpayers aren't paying for the statues.
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4th August 2016, 06:20 PM	#61
paulhutch Graduate Poster Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Blackstone River Valley, MA Posts: 1,790	Originally Posted by fishbob That is a really nice pallet. I want one in my front yard. To be fair to Jrrarglblarg, in the first photo I also thought it looked like a shipping pallet. Photos I've looked at since show it to be a rather nice wooden stand for the statue.

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shemp a flimsy character...perfidious and despised Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: People's Democratic Republic of Planet X Posts: 24,526	Originally Posted by TragicMonkey He should worry more about the statue coming to life and hunting him down to avenge his insults. It may curse him to grow his own stiff inappropriate boobs. I see another Syfy movie in the works.
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5th August 2016, 05:40 AM	#63
fishbob Seasonally Disaffected Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Chilly Undieville Posts: 6,842	Originally Posted by paulhutch To be fair to Jrrarglblarg, in the first photo I also thought it looked like a shipping pallet. Photos I've looked at since show it to be a rather nice wooden stand for the statue. You Wooden Standists always have to ruin things for us Palletites.
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