mlk statue

[hi_im_god]

the misquote is the least of the problems thematically.

it's the arm's crossed embedded in granite.

who's the man who won't cop out when there's danger all about? king! can you dig it?

it would be an awesome isaac hayes tribute.

[bigrun]

Reminds me of the Saddam statue they pulled down..

[somerfrost]

Originally Posted by bigrun

Reminds me of the Saddam statue they pulled down..

Well, no statue can ever capture the essence of this great great man...the fact that there is one gracing our landscape is the important thing.

[hi_im_god]

Originally Posted by somerfrost

Well, no statue can ever capture the essence of this great great man...the fact that there is one gracing our landscape is the important thing.

i agree that a memorial to mlk is something that should "grace our landscape". i just don't see the severe figurative depiction rendered doing that.

the vietnam memorial manages to communicate despite having "three servicemen" glued on it's ass.

mlk is one big "three servicemen". the subject deserved better.

[bigrun]

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by hi_im_god

i agree that a memorial to mlk is something that should "grace our landscape". i just don't see the severe figurative depiction rendered doing that.

the vietnam memorial manages to communicate despite having "three servicemen" glued on it's ass.

mlk is one big "three servicemen". the subject deserved better.

i remember tho when the vietnam memorial was first chosen. people were horrified. of course that whole perception has all changed. maybe once the mlk memorial is finished, and some time has passed, it will also become more accepted.

Hold up that's not a rev run statue?

[my miss storm cat]

It's awful in a lot of ways.

Has a Stalinesque look to it.