Sculpture meltdown (not for scrap metal)
This report from my wife, Laura, who was walking in the South Park Blocks near the Portland Art Museum this morning, Tuesday, Feb. 12:
An elderly gentleman is standing beside that stern, sorrowful, loving statue of Abraham Lincoln. A bouquet of flowers is resting by the pedestal.
“Today is Abraham Lincoln’s birthday,” the gentleman says.
“Did you put the flowers there?” Laura asks.
“Yes,” he replies. “I do it every year.”
“Oh,” says Laura. “Let me get a picture.”
But by the time she has her cell phone out of her purse and in her hand, the gentleman has disappeared.
Now, that’s public art.
– Bob Hicks
February 13th, 2008 at 11:01 am
Given the run of Presidents in my lifetime, I’m tempted to sacrifice my best goat on the Park Blocks in Abe’s honor…
February 13th, 2008 at 10:15 pm
Speaking of… let’s scrap the pioneer sculpture with the bible and Jefferson quote… it’s somewhere on the park blocks around 1100 or 1200 SW. Smacks of manifest destiny.
February 14th, 2008 at 10:02 am
Great idea. How about a contest? Public sculptures (or private ones that are outdoors) we’d actually LIKE to see tweakers rip off for scrap metal! Three Groins in a Fountain, unfortunately, doesn’t make the cut: It’s marble, not metal. Can you sell scrap marble?
February 12th, 2009 at 5:58 pm
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