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leupboat420smkeit t1_ja6jr6s wrote

Reply to comment by Friendly_lumberjack in I’m a fan of “The Embrace” from this angle - looks like a heart. by schmendimini

I challenge everyone reading this who thinks it’s ugly, and yet has not seen it in person, to go take a look at it in real life. Art is suppose to be experienced outside of a phone screen.

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jack-o-licious t1_ja7iicm wrote

> Art is suppose to be

Don't confuse "art" (which isn't "supposed" to be anything) with "public art" which is supposed to improve the area around it. As public art, this is not good. The Common was better without it.

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man2010 t1_ja7pwja wrote

I think the Common is better with this sculpture than with the half dead patch of grass it replaced

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psychicsword t1_ja7r5vr wrote

I did see it in person. It looked like a giant dong. There are better sides of it where it looks less like a giant dong but that doesn't change the fact that it looks like one from most angles.

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ThaMac t1_ja7spqm wrote

I’ve seen it irl multiple times and if anything it just reaffirmed by belief that it looks like two arms holding up a bronze cock, from most angles.

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rubicon83 t1_ja7mvlv wrote

I have seen it more than once in pers. Its ridiculously bad in person as well.

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COVID_2019 t1_ja7o6mq wrote

Have seen it irl. It looks good from one angle, looks weird from every other angle.

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