The Twisted Chimney of Wales

Explanation.

Posted By: Paul - Sat May 25, 2019 - Comments (0)
Category: Architecture, Surrealism, Statues and Monuments, United Kingdom

Artwork Khrushchev Probably Would Not Have Liked 21

Khrushchev definitely would not have approved of this filthy exhibitionism!

Posted By: Paul - Mon May 13, 2019 - Comments (1)
Category: Art, Avant Garde, Statues and Monuments, Beauty, Ugliness and Other Aesthetic Issues, 1920s, Russia

Mystery Illustration 75

What does this 1939 statue symbolize?

The answer is here.

And after the jump.

More in extended >>

Posted By: Paul - Tue Aug 21, 2018 - Comments (5)
Category: Statues and Monuments, 1930s

The Statue

The Wikipedia page for the film.

Posted By: Paul - Wed Jul 11, 2018 - Comments (2)
Category: Movies, Statues and Monuments, 1970s, Genitals

The Statue of Liberty Urine Stain Controversy

During restoration of the Statue of Liberty in 1986, the restorers noticed an area low on the statue where the patina was worn away and speculated that the damage might have been caused by construction workers urinating from the top of the statue instead of coming down to use a toilet.

Officials vehemently disagreed, insisting that the damage was actually caused by "a vinegar-like solution workers recently used in the process of stripping layers of paint inside the statue."

Perhaps the officials were right, but I prefer the urine stain explanation.

New York Daily News - May 8, 1986

Asbury Park Press - May 9, 1986

Posted By: Alex - Sat May 26, 2018 - Comments (1)
Category: Statues and Monuments, Body Fluids, 1980s

Artwork Khrushchev Probably Would Not Have Liked 12

Original article here.

Posted By: Paul - Wed Apr 25, 2018 - Comments (2)
Category: Art, Statues and Monuments, Sexuality, 1940s, Russia

Zhu Bajie, Enlightened Pig Hero

Buddhism is full of weird characters. I thought I knew most of them, but only just encountered Zhu Bajie.

Get your $400 statue here.

Posted By: Paul - Tue Jan 30, 2018 - Comments (5)
Category: Anthropomorphism, Antisocial Activites, Religion, Statues and Monuments, Asia

JFK as Angel

Source of text.

Regretably, the only image I could find has this watermark hiding some of the details.

Posted By: Paul - Wed Aug 09, 2017 - Comments (4)
Category: Religion, Statues and Monuments, 1930s, 1960s, Europe

George Washington Glick

As you can see from this 1914 article George Washington Glick was practically unknown when his statue was new. Is it any wonder then that, as Wikipedia tells us, "In 2003, Kansas became the first state to replace a statue [in the National Statuary Hall] when it replaced Glick with a bronze of former president Dwight D. Eisenhower. Glick's statue was moved to the Kansas History Center in Topeka."

Posted By: Paul - Tue Aug 08, 2017 - Comments (0)
Category: Forgotten Figures and Where Are They Now?, Politics, Statues and Monuments, 1910s, Nineteenth Century