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Scottish art critic

3 years ago by Flying Squid to c/lemmyshitpost

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TotallyNotSpez 93 points 3 years ago

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eya 39 points 3 years ago

i visited this in person, they even sell mini versions of the statue with the cone on the head. kind of weird that the government still considers it "vandalism" at this point

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bort 44 points 3 years ago

if they would stop calling it vandalism, it would take away all the fun

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BleatingZombie 2 points 3 years ago

I also worry what some people would do next to keep the tradition of vandalism going

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FlyingSquid 26 points 3 years ago

Now that is a work of art.

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ininewcrow 11 points 3 years ago

Beautiful, this is why indigenous people loved the Scots and the Irish so much

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TotallyNotSpez 5 points 3 years ago

Aw, you're too kind! :)

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vaultdweller013 1 point 3 years ago

Also my ancestors sold them firearms, cause who doesnt like a musket.

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vaultdweller013 1 point 3 years ago

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scthatheworm 39 points 3 years ago

I'm all for art, but these subsidy hunting pieces need to die already or is gonna be the death of public funding for art itself. If it doesn't convey anything, what is the point of placing it in public?

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clearleaf 22 points 3 years ago

They can be interesting for a little while but the artists never seem to be thinking about the people who will have to see it every single day, they only think about themselves and the statement they want to make. It's completely egotistical and creates an environment that feels the opposite of welcoming and inclusive.

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kilgore_trout 2 points 3 years ago

I like this statement.

In the end every instinct to share something with others is egothistical, since we believe what we find great or interesting must be for everyone else too. Even writing this comment I am convinced that it's worth enough for you to read.

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sibannac 9 points 3 years ago

It's a mile marker. Besides the number in the middle, it doesn't scream mile marker but I guess it is functional if you know.

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harmsy 1 point 3 years ago

I can't agree more. Abominations like these are a waste of material.

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ColeSloth 35 points 3 years ago

Looks like a....erm..how do I put it....a chocolate starfish that's had a breach.

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hswolf 6 points 3 years ago

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gedaliyah 5 points 3 years ago

Look, we're all seeing it. Not point in euphemisms c/DontStickYourMileInThatMarker

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MisterD 23 points 3 years ago

It's a defective plumbus

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naeap 5 points 3 years ago

Yeah, it has the typical star shape on the top, plumbuses get, when they turn to fossils

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Treczoks 23 points 3 years ago

Well, art is often made for the purpose of provoking questions. I'd say "mission accomplished" here.

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DragonTypeWyvern 11 points 3 years ago

(the mission was someone's side piece getting paid)

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KevonLooney 6 points 3 years ago

These pictures posted in this thread are all definitely "art". You can tell because they clearly provoke emotion, even if that emotion is confusion.

But remember, just because it's art doesn't mean it's good art.

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Treczoks 2 points 3 years ago

But remember, just because it’s art doesn’t mean it’s good art.

That's the point most people in arts love to ignore, it seems.

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OpenStars 21 points 3 years ago

img

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pineapplelover 2 points 3 years ago

Very empowering

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OpenStars 1 point 3 years ago

I'm glad I could "help":-P.

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tal 20 points 3 years ago

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Viking_Hippie 18 points 3 years ago

I'm ALMOST sure that's not what a cock is supposed to look like..

Also, "here's the cock" is such a weird sentence fragment regardless of context πŸ˜„

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ralakus 3 points 3 years ago

BEHOLD

THE COCK

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match 2 points 3 years ago

Diogenes walls in dragging a chicken fursuiter

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Death_Equity 2 points 3 years ago

It looks about right to me. Should I see a doctor?

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Viking_Hippie 1 point 3 years ago

Either that or an appraiser!

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m0darn 2 points 3 years ago

The sculptor reportedly said:

"Le Coq c'est moi"

"The Cock is me"

Also related:

Coq means rooster in French and is not used as an insult or a euphemism for the penis at all.

But your mileage may vary.

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sibannac 2 points 3 years ago

Miro's The fork makes sense. The Cock however seems like a stretch.

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RustyShackleford 17 points 3 years ago

It reminds me of the art piece statue in Beetlejuice.

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JudahBenHur 3 points 3 years ago

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RustyShackleford 6 points 3 years ago

That’s it, thanks!

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TankovayaDiviziya 16 points 3 years ago

Ireland meanwhile spent €5 million for a giant metal dildo.

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dlhextall 7 points 3 years ago

And in MontrΓ©al, we have

a ring

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Agent641 7 points 3 years ago

In Perth we have this weird vagina-like sculpture

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Death_Equity 7 points 3 years ago

How on earth is that considered yonic?

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menemen 10 points 3 years ago

And yet you have no problem with that spike being called a dildo?

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Ashe 5 points 3 years ago

I actually really like this one tbh.

I might be biased though because I have a picture of myself slav squatting in front of it with the winter art installation behind me

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dlhextall 2 points 3 years ago

Yeah, no hate from me either, just another huge form-based sculpture.

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TakiMinase 16 points 3 years ago

It's the seventh butthole of Glasgow

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ImplyingImplications 13 points 3 years ago

Nobody knows but it's provocative. It gets the people going.

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doctorcrimson 3 points 3 years ago

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Zozano 13 points 3 years ago

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Paradachshund 11 points 3 years ago

I've got spurs, that jingle jangle jingle

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Diabolo96 10 points 3 years ago

Probably one of the monstrosities Lovecraft described in his stories. I read the stories in French and I could only barely imagine what the f he was talking about but maybe the artist read the first words describing an 'Elder thing' and decided it would look cool ? That or it's meant to represent a fleshy palm tree and the hole in the middle is its gaping mouth ready to devour jaywalkers ?

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PhlubbaDubba 8 points 3 years ago

I've seen some stuff like this being set up in pedestrianization efforts, IIRC it's basically hostile architecture but for assholes who drive too fast in pedestrian dense areas.

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nifty 1 point 3 years ago

How does slow them down? Like they get distracted by confusing or thought provoking art?

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PhlubbaDubba 2 points 3 years ago

It's a big fucking statue strategically placed to be an obstacle for through traffic to have to slow down to be sure they're getting past safely

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Betch 8 points 3 years ago

I can hear this picture

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unreasonabro 5 points 3 years ago

clearly its a starfish reproducing with a sea slug. silly question

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Itdidnttrickledown 4 points 3 years ago

Came here expecting a Scottish 'ITS CRAAAAP'

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CyberTailor 2 points 3 years ago

it's bouba

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