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Posted on 07/18/2019 5:41:57 PM PDT by DeathBeforeDishonor1
The bronze likeness of Obama is the latest addition to Rapid City’s City of Presidents project. The idea is to honor American presidents with life-size bronzes scattered throughout the downtown. Each statue is privately funded and placement follows a preset pattern to make sure there is no favoritism or political bias in the process.
Since the project began in 2000, every president besides Obama have been immortalized on the streets of Rapid City from notables like Thomas Jefferson to obscure chief executives like Rutherford B. Hayes.
Tanya Manus at the Rapid City Journal reports that the 44th president's sculpture was created by local musician, writer and artist James Van Nuys, who has previously sculpted Millard Fillmore, Andrew Johnson and Franklin Pierce for the project (each can be located via the City of Presidents interactive walking tour). But the Obama statue, he says, was his biggest challenging to date.
The statue was scheduled to take about nine months, but instead it took him two years to complete. One reason, Dallerie Davis, co-founder of the project, tells KOTA was that they ultimately decided to alter their original design to make the Obama statue more evocative. “We found out that a standing guy who is waving is rather boring and the one thing we don't want to do is have a boring statue on the street, particularly someone like President Obama. He deserves a statue that isn't boring,” Davis says.
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Maybe it’s Sharia, I can’t remember which one is which.
Apparently 0bama didn’t show for the Pantheon Placement.
Did he shine a flashlight from one side to the other?
I thought that was Big Mike with her head (not face) devoutly covered.
Probably closer to his original form. When he was being issued orders from his real daddy.
Piss on that. But then Obama would probably like that.
I thought it was a pretty good likeness.
Where are the flies?
Hate to say it but is this sculptor the same one who sculpted the Baphomet statue with the adoring kids at its knee, one of which looks like this one?
Needs a ‘help me!’ thought balloon above the girl’s head.
Hope the pigeons have a good time!
Hope the pigeons have a good time!
I want it torn down!
I was referring to the actual statue.
Mr. RR and I were in town yesterday and saw the statue. Someone had put a pink “Pussy Hat” hat on him. I respect his office, but not him.
This is very solid Republican country.
Dunno. Has any sculptor done the father and the son statues, both?
It’s kind of interesting that Calypso Louie called Barack “the messiah” who would be “speaking to the children”.
Then later, after Hillary and Barack got Khaddafi killed, the same Calypso Louie said of Barack “There’s a murderer in the White House!”.
Well, which is it, Louie? A “messiah” or your later “murderer”?
Quite the swing for old Calypso Louie.
Almost looks like Bill Cosby
How fitting.
[particularly someone like President Obama. He deserves a statue that isn’t boring,” Davis says.]
There is no cure for the cult members.
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