Is it an owl, or a penis with two eyes?

[The Hen]

That is the question.



This has just been 'erected' down the road from where I live.

[oldr_n_wsr]

Who ever designed it (and got paid for it) is having a good ole laugh.

[The Hen]

They are having a $400,000 laugh as that was the price of this enormous fiberglas cock.

[Scooter]

Is it to scare away birds, or what?

[The Hen]

It is to enrich the soul.

[Timster]

or someone's pocket book...

[Gob]

I have to say I have not seen in Canberra much that I would consider good public art. Take this for instance, it is neither original, nor is it stimulating, it is not well done, it shows little craft. It’s bland, it’s just another quasi “big thing”. In fact if they had made it a real “big thing” it may have served a purpose in attracting big thing fans.

No one will tell me that there is not at some art school in Canberra someone who could have come up with some better idea than this, and made it for a fraction of the price.

And I still say that any “art ” which is going to be foisted into the public, should have a display of models of competing proposals, and sketches work ups, CGI images etc toured around the public libraries, so that the public can comment on them BEFORE the money is spent, here it's chosen by the politicians.

I'm sure I was not alone in not knowing that $400 k was going to be spend on this giant garden centre bargain basement lawn ornament.

Other public monstrosities, sorry "art" in Canberra



The collapsed pylon.



Fat Men on a stair.



Rusty words.



The broken clock

There's stacks more here, nearly all of it shite

[The Hen]

[Timster]

I remember seeing that first image and wondering if you had not been hit by a Tornado...

Just saying.

The "Owl" thing just looks like so much pretentious crap to me. Where all the "Art" aficionados stand around rubbing their chins and nodding their heads sagely saying; "Ahhh interesting..." Because they didn't get the Freudian implication.

[Big RR]

that owl kind of reminds me of the logo of White Owl Cigars, one of the cheapest owls I can think of. Well the cigar and the phallus and all that imagery rolled into the logo.

[Gob]

[The Hen]

I'm not sure that angle improves the view. It still looks like a cock.

Someone suggested it was called Jon after the Chief. Possibly a good idea.

[Timster]

Indeed. And actually; A Snowy Owl's arse doesn't hang that low. *Nudge Wink*



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[@meric@nwom@n]

It looks more like the end of an elephant's trunk.

[The Hen]

I tend to agree with you I think @W.

Not the former Chief though.



It was the Chief's last day today.

The Chief is dead. Long live the Chief.

[Sue U]

How I envy you Ozzies for your problems!

[loCAtek]

Indeed

[The Hen]

You just need to get perspective.

[loCAtek]

I still think San Ho wins top down for shittiest statue ever:






...right in the heart of downtown too. Every visitor to our fair sh city gapes in horror at our huge homage to excrement.

[Joe Guy]

I think the "owl" looks like a pig nose on the end of a finger.