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Sunday, July 08, 2007
the fate of the fibreglass animals
Sculpture Project Munster 2007 sounds an intriguing sort of art event, one that focuses on art in public space. The reviewer in the IHT didn't think much of the work shown here, Andreas Siekmann's lampooning the stampedes of fibreglass animals that pass for public art in the minds of so many civic leaders around the world. Said the reviewer, "Cobbled together from remnants of the citywide sculpture campaigns of recent years, the piece amounts to yet another eyesore." (To be fair, this is only one-half of the work, which is presented together with the trash compactor that did the smushing.)
Then Singapore's Today newspaper reported the new "Singapore Season", an extravaganza of works presented overseas, this year in Shanghai, China. Among the works to be included: "the infamous Sing-Art lions. Around 30 life-size fibreglass beasts will be displayed at malls. These include a lion wearing shades, one painted red with Chinese characters, and one that looks like the feline version of Stamford Raffles." Yes, indeed, they're back...I think it would be more impactful to roll them up in Siekmann's ball and show them that way.
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