Can the NGA beat this?

I like public art.

I wouldn’t even mind a giant dog poo by the lake.
Art doesn’t have to be beautiful to be good art.

But poo art is already out there – Robertson has a permanent giant poo don’t they?

tickboom said :

Oh joy. Another “public art sucks” thread! And with such a tangential connection to Canberra – in fact, let’s face it, with absolutely no connection.

Just another chance for the public art-hating readers of the Riot Act to spout the same drivel.

I can’t wait for the next “Recumbent bicycles are gay” thread. Or perhaps for another “Bicycle lanes on roads / bike owners should pay rego” thread.

Good old Riot Act. Nothing if not predictable.

See the thing at the top right of your screen? Looks like an X……

You can see one of the shit series here:

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1068/527706818_9ad9b22ec5.jpg

tickboom said :

Oh joy. Another “public art sucks” thread! And with such a tangential connection to Canberra – in fact, let’s face it, with absolutely no connection.

Just another chance for the public art-hating readers of the Riot Act to spout the same drivel.

I can’t wait for the next “Recumbent bicycles are gay” thread. Or perhaps for another “Bicycle lanes on roads / bike owners should pay rego” thread.

Good old Riot Act. Nothing if not predictable.

I’m sure you meant “small number of RiotACT commenters rather than the whole endeavour”? Hmm?

tickboom said :

Oh joy. Another “public art sucks” thread! And with such a tangential connection to Canberra – in fact, let’s face it, with absolutely no connection.

Just another chance for the public art-hating readers of the Riot Act to spout the same drivel.

I can’t wait for the next “Recumbent bicycles are gay” thread. Or perhaps for another “Bicycle lanes on roads / bike owners should pay rego” thread.

Good old Riot Act. Nothing if not predictable.

Well, I’d actually really like to see a giant turd in Canberra as art! No hating at all. Just lots of laughing, laughing, laughing. And I’d never heard of recumbent bikes as gay, but now that you mentioned it…

Oh joy. Another “public art sucks” thread! And with such a tangential connection to Canberra – in fact, let’s face it, with absolutely no connection.

Just another chance for the public art-hating readers of the Riot Act to spout the same drivel.

I can’t wait for the next “Recumbent bicycles are gay” thread. Or perhaps for another “Bicycle lanes on roads / bike owners should pay rego” thread.

Good old Riot Act. Nothing if not predictable.

rosebud said :

Maybe we could invite Christo to wrap up the giant turd in white blankets. A great big present from the ACT people to the Legislative Assembly?

Giant turds wrapped up?

I don’t know if Stanhope, Barr, Gallagher, Pratt, Foskey, Smyth and Hargreaves would like to be wrapped up in a blanket together.

Maybe we could invite Christo to wrap up the giant turd in white blankets. A great big present from the ACT people to the Legislative Assembly?

We already have enough “Complex Sh1t” in Canberra – just look at the stuff alongside the GDE.

Wont be any shortage of hot air to fill em thats for sure.

There is every possibility that Complex Shit of the inflatable kind will be on display come the election campaign later in the year.

I have no problem with ‘public’ art. I just have a problem with taxpayer funded public art.

This sounds right up the Stanhope Government’s alley I have to say. I think ‘Complex ****’ has a new home in the ACT.

Fine if it is paid for privately, but sure bet it won’t as private money knows that most people find this stuff disgusting and utterly banal.

This revolting ‘art’ is just another assault on our values. These people don’t hold back when it comes to scraping the gutter for something ‘innovative’ and ‘sensational’ (creepy, sexualised pictures of kiddies included).