Posted on 08/03/2016 7:48:06 PM PDT by kevcol
The piece is made up of 98 balls of thread.
"Rather than a sense of constriction, the various sized pieces are like precious small gifts, hiding happy mysteries," writes the art blog "Studio and Garden." "Lares and Penates are Roman deities who protected the household. We might see these small pieces as votive objects, made with a kind of prayerful attention in the repetitive motions of wrapping."
The piece was purchased for the New Embassy Compound in Islamabad, which was completed last summer. The $699 million embassy was built using "green construction techniques," uses low-flow faucets, and is "fully compliant" with the Americans With Disabilities Act.
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Wow, I could have made this for half that.
I would have sold it to the for 85 cents this just PISSES ME OFF, we all work so hard for our money to have it PISSED AWAY like this!!!
These are govt offices. The artwork should be inexpensive commercial stuff. Or let aspiring artists display on a rotating basis. I have a feeling Trump will be putting a crimp in this stuff.
Maybe it will come out that it was a corrupt payoff, like a sole source contract to the Ambassador’s drug-addled gay lover, or some such...
The ‘artist’ was probably the daughter of a political donor.
I do not want to pay taxes anymore.
I despise ‘junk’ art. Art made from garbage or other crap. Its a marxist joke designed to destroy our culture. There is very little beautiful art anymore.
Government committees are the absolute WORST way to purchase art. They are all people who pretend to see the emperor’s new clothes and purchase the most God awful UGLY art you’ll ever see.
And WTF do we need to spend 3 quarters of a BILLION dollars on an embassy? We could have purchased the damn country instead!
Bingo!
Send this article to your congresspersonthing and demand an answer as to why the State Dept. spent $185,000 on this crap when there are so many other pressing needs.
Let us know if you get a half sane answer as to what they are going to do about it.
Under socialism we go from starving artists to starving taxpayers.
Too bad the State Department couldn’t spend one thin dime to protect our men in Benghazi on September 11, 2012.
No kidding! What an outrage.
green construction techniques
is New Embassy Compound in Islamabad fireproof ?
My wife does fiber art, specifically art quilts. Those yarn balls are total schlock when compared the work my wife does. Obviously she needs to focus on the government market.
Does the embassy have AC?
You’ve got to admit,this “artist” is a great example of capitalism.
Make something and convince someone to buy it.
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