Thursday, August 28, 2014

Sometimes Art is in the Eye of the Beholder

On the recent Neppl visit, we took in the Highline and the latest "Art" installations.
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Both abstract pieces, one struck my fancy and one did not.
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First the one I liked....
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This is a simple piece echoing the regularity of the train track trestles.  I like it.
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This item below is (honestly) entitled "Realism Marching Triumphantly Into the City."
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Now, perhaps this is a sly play on the entire idea of a monument to militarism.  Perhaps it is a call to us all that  the impact of militarism on a city or a population is ugly.  Even in triumph, victory eats at our soul.
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Or perhaps it is a skewed vision on the idea that our next military overlords are lurking now, but we cannot yet recognize them.  Maybe aliens, maybe people who's souls are warped.
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Or perhaps it is just poop being trucked into town.