As whimsical (or wacky, or nutty, or more uncharitable adjectives) as Tom Otterness’s planned sculptures for the Memorial Art Gallery’s new street face are the City’s new bench across the street from the gallery and in front of the School of the Arts takes the cake. It invites commentary at the very least. This orange safety cone was added the day after the installation. In my personal opinion the City should have gone with John Dodd‘s benches for each of their Neighborhood of the Arts locations.
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No comment on Otterness- Shirley Dawson described the ‘sculptures’ as oversize teletubbies. Besides the fact that he is a dog killing sociopath, his work is awful.
As for the benches, our neighborhood already has a collection of ridiculous benches that no one ever sits on. Why not continue the trend?
But the cone is brilliant…