25% are sufficiently into the current art scene to understand the joke. Personally, I thought it was a hoot, but I am usually in the minority. On second thought, I’m not sure how current it is. That sort of thing was big in the late ’70s, early ’80s. We even have one of a couple of kids sitting on a bench reading a book in front of our public library.
I personally prefer the ones that are realistic, but made of bronze or something obviously not… skin. There’s a terrific one of a guy with an umbrella in a square in town. It’s come in handy, a time or two, when it rains.
__I have always wondered how they keep the other sorts of sculpture dust free. Take it to a drive through car wash in a convertable…?
‘Performance Art’ is the only explanation we can make? It is possible but I am not convinced. The ‘people’ in line look too real—that is, they seem to be just like Edgar and his wife—and characters in an ‘installation’ should be just a shade ‘different’. Human elements in a performance piece can NOT be indistinguishable from audience members.
ChazNCenTex about 13 years ago
Color me clueless. Sorry.
Hillbillyman about 13 years ago
I must be the dullest knife in the drawer…I don’t get it.
jgarrott about 13 years ago
The line of “people” is a piece of artwork.
KenChevy about 13 years ago
@jgarrott You hit that one right on the head! They look too lifelike for them I guess, thought they were real people.
Barbaraailant about 13 years ago
duh
hippogriff about 13 years ago
25% are sufficiently into the current art scene to understand the joke. Personally, I thought it was a hoot, but I am usually in the minority. On second thought, I’m not sure how current it is. That sort of thing was big in the late ’70s, early ’80s. We even have one of a couple of kids sitting on a bench reading a book in front of our public library.
baileydean about 13 years ago
I personally prefer the ones that are realistic, but made of bronze or something obviously not… skin. There’s a terrific one of a guy with an umbrella in a square in town. It’s come in handy, a time or two, when it rains.
__I have always wondered how they keep the other sorts of sculpture dust free. Take it to a drive through car wash in a convertable…?
baileydean about 13 years ago
I thought it was funny, but then… I’ve seen these exhibits a time or two.
Scruzan1 about 13 years ago
I was trying to figure out what the sign said…
starlena Premium Member about 13 years ago
I don’t get it……
barbfrost about 13 years ago
LOL!
bmonk about 13 years ago
And what did he hope the line was for?
Or is he an ex-Soviet, who used to join lines when they saw them because, whatever was being sold, it was needed, or could be used for barter.
le-roy about 13 years ago
I’m not so sure they are statues – maybe performance art.
edcrimmins about 13 years ago
‘Performance Art’ is the only explanation we can make? It is possible but I am not convinced. The ‘people’ in line look too real—that is, they seem to be just like Edgar and his wife—and characters in an ‘installation’ should be just a shade ‘different’. Human elements in a performance piece can NOT be indistinguishable from audience members.