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5teerPike t1_j5p0hgl wrote

Lol where were all of you when they asked the public to vote on which art project they'd install here?

Going forward, pay attention to what's happening in your own city if you hate this so much!

Edit: you don't have to like it, but I don't have to hate it!

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SphaeraEstVita t1_j5pj95c wrote

They did not ask the public to vote on it. The committee had a Google Form where people could offer their input but this was not a vote and the questions weren't "which option do you like best" but instead "Which of the five MLK Boston design proposals do you believe best reflects the Kings' legacy? Why?" and "Which proposal most effectively addresses current social issues, and is also likely to remain relevant over time?"

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SphaeraEstVita t1_j5ppor8 wrote

The committee voted amongst themselves but there was never a public vote.

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SphaeraEstVita t1_j5pr1wm wrote

Paul English and other private donors funded it. It is not publicly funded.

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SphaeraEstVita t1_j5psarp wrote

I'm not really sure what point you are trying to make... If you are paying for art inside your house then no one else should have any say in it because that space is yours. If it is going to be in a public place then it should be something that the public approves of regardless of who is paying for it.

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bbqturtle t1_j5p5pij wrote

The other ones were worse imo

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Oblivious-abe-69 t1_j5pahpp wrote

I kinda liked the plaza one. Would have been really nice to have right in front of the state house.

If you look into the artist you’ll see he’s not actually very good, more of a conceptual artist than skilled one. Plus I’m assuming nobody wanted to tell him it looked like shit

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Oblivious-abe-69 t1_j5pst5a wrote

No I love it, but there are tons of artists who get by on concept that aren’t that skilled.

Actually my favorite post modern public sculpture is the tilted arc, also not terribly skilled creation. Literally just a big slab of steel Richard sierra put awkwardly across the federal plaza in nyc. The feds fucking hated it, it blocked the walk way, it collected trash and leaves, rats used it to run along. They ended up removing it many years later. I always saw it as a metaphor and jab at the feds.

This you know… ok I see the concept, the continuity of embrace, fluidity in composition. It’s semi realistic, which plays against them not having heads or bodies, kind of interesting. But you know… maybe reaaaaalllllllyyy check the angles and stuff to make sure there isn’t anything unintended implied.

Could have added some more defined fabric texture.. anything to break up that shape that looks like a turd dick. Still would have fit the concept.

Believe it or not it’s pretty easy to accidentally draw dicks into stuff

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SphaeraEstVita t1_j5pjhft wrote

Strong disagree, I liked all of the other options whereas this one I actively disliked. The Empty Pulpit and Ripple Effects especially would have been cool.

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giritrobbins t1_j5z03h6 wrote

I felt like the others were really derivative of other installations and monuments for different reasons. It likely wasn't the best, but it was the best of the options we had.

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bbqturtle t1_j5pzp2o wrote

I like this one more because it stands out among other landscaping based monuments.

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jack-o-licious t1_j5rcxbe wrote

They didn't offer the public the option of an ordinary bronze statue of MLK standing atop a granite pedestal (like the famous George Washington statue). If they had, it would've won over this reductionist crap.

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giritrobbins t1_j5z07dh wrote

Do people do large statues of people anymore?

I guess the Poe bronze is the most recently one I can think of but I think the trend has been to more abstract

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