Art for the Stanhope memorial gardens

Jesus Christ, you’d think Stanhope had become a Green sticking his mates ‘sculpture’ in amongst the trees. But to be positive, the 20 people a year who go to the arboretum might like a laugh.

I thought that this ridiculous purchase of ‘art’ by this moron Stanhope was finished? Didn’t the public long ago say ‘enough is enough’? What the hell is wrong with this local Government – come on the next election so we can (hopefully) get rid of this idiot!

johnboy said :

Yeah, large scale media events selectively spoonfed to friendly outlets is soo much edgier.

Ari said :

Mere paranoid assumptions, JB.

No, not assumptions. Just rightly placed paranoia. It seems to be the way Stanhope’s government works these days.

I actually think it looks quite ok.

But if its commissioned by ACT Government, it has to have a spelling error in it somewhere, “wide borwn land” anyone?

Couldn’t they insist that the fabrication is don’t locally when they commission stuff like this. Quite apart from the economic implications for local industry, there is the “art miles” impact to consider.

Honest to Christ! Apart from the utter irony of “wide brown land” at an arboretum, FFS, is there no artist capable of producing something more suitable as a tribute to Stan’s monstrous ego?

How much more taxpayers money will this idiot waste on bizarre pieces of (s)crap?

phototext said :

Dunno why they needed a writer on the team

I hope it’s not for writing funding applications. I’d like to think they are available to the best artists and performers, not just the ones that can team up with the best writers!

$242k for that eyesore? I wonder what they are willing to pay for a fibreglass zebra’s head?

I think it will look cool.

“The $242,000 sculpture, by artists Kate Owen and Daniel Zika and writer Chris Viney”

Dunno why they needed a writer on the team, to spell check perhaps.

And for another quarter million I’ll compose a soundtrack to go with it. It will convey the majesty and grace of the wide brown Australian landscape.

Oh, we’re only funding “public art” if it’s ostentatious sculpture?

Frankly, I’m jealous.