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[–] TotallyNotSpez@lemm.ee 92 points 8 months ago (3 children)
[–] eya@lemmy.dbzer0.com 38 points 8 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] bort@feddit.de 43 points 8 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] BleatingZombie@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago

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

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 25 points 8 months ago

Now that is a work of art.

[–] ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 10 points 8 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] TotallyNotSpez@lemm.ee 4 points 8 months ago

Aw, you're too kind! :)

[–] scthatheworm@lemm.ee 38 points 8 months ago (3 children)

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?

[–] clearleaf@lemmy.world 21 points 8 months ago (1 children)

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.

[–] kilgore_trout@feddit.it 1 points 8 months 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.

[–] sibannac@sh.itjust.works 8 points 8 months 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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[–] ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de 34 points 8 months ago (2 children)

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

[–] hswolf@lemmy.world 5 points 8 months ago

You better keep on rolling baby, you know what time it is

[–] gedaliyah@lemmy.world 4 points 8 months ago

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

[–] MisterD@lemmy.ca 22 points 8 months ago (1 children)
[–] naeap@sopuli.xyz 5 points 8 months ago

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

[–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 22 points 8 months ago (2 children)

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

[–] DragonTypeWyvern@literature.cafe 10 points 8 months ago

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

[–] KevonLooney@lemm.ee 5 points 8 months ago (1 children)

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.

[–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months 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.

[–] OpenStars@startrek.website 20 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)
[–] pineapplelover@lemm.ee 1 points 8 months ago

Very empowering

[–] tal@lemmy.today 19 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (3 children)

https://www.sustrans.org.uk/national-cycle-network/millennium-mileposts

The Scottish sculptor Iain McColl designed the second post, The Cockerel.

The influences behind this one are Miro's The Fork and Branusci's The Cock.

Here's The Cock:

https://www.thehistoryofart.org/constantin-brancusi/cock/

[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 17 points 8 months ago (2 children)

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 and would have been regardless of context 😄

[–] ralakus@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)
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[–] Death_Equity@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago

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

[–] m0darn@lemmy.ca 1 points 8 months 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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[–] RustyShackleford@literature.cafe 16 points 8 months ago (1 children)

It reminds me of the art piece statue in Beetlejuice.

[–] TakiMinase@slrpnk.net 15 points 8 months ago

It's the seventh butthole of Glasgow

[–] TankovayaDiviziya@lemmy.world 15 points 8 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] dlhextall@sh.itjust.works 6 points 8 months ago (2 children)
[–] Agent641@lemmy.world 6 points 8 months ago (1 children)

In Perth we have this weird vagina-like sculpture

[–] Death_Equity@lemmy.world 6 points 8 months ago (1 children)

How on earth is that considered yonic?

[–] menemen@lemmy.world 9 points 8 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] Death_Equity@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago

Everything is a dildo if you are brave enough, you can't stick your dick in everything. I don't make the rules, the judge just tells me what they are when I'm on parole.

[–] Ashe@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 8 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] dlhextall@sh.itjust.works 1 points 8 months ago

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

[–] Zozano@lemy.lol 12 points 8 months ago

Uncultured swine, that's Fass from Warframe

[–] ImplyingImplications@lemmy.ca 12 points 8 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] doctorcrimson@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago

It's actually female genitalia. It's very clearly an ass hanging above a vagina.

[–] Paradachshund@lemmy.today 10 points 8 months ago

I've got spurs, that jingle jangle jingle

[–] Diabolo96@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 8 months 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 ?

[–] Betch@lemmy.world 7 points 8 months ago

I can hear this picture

[–] PhlubbaDubba@lemm.ee 7 points 8 months ago (2 children)

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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[–] unreasonabro@lemmy.world 4 points 8 months ago

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

[–] Itdidnttrickledown@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago

Came here expecting a Scottish 'ITS CRAAAAP'

[–] CyberTailor@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago
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