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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My cat would love those.
This is going on even in city government - especially park districts. We’ve been fleeced.
Convincing government to buy anything is NOT a hard sell somehow it would seem a little more like capitalism if the government weren’t involved!!!
The whole world is getting fleeced.
Check out the whining from art-folks after Brexit was passed.
https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2016/jun/24/arts-hit-back-at-brexit-i-feel-nothing-but-rage
(EU pays for a lot of artsy stuff - keeps the regressives happy)
Brexit has the snowflaky mediation community all upset. They all love the concept of union. I’m about done with the profession. I was using it to transition from trial lawyer to retirement. I think I’m about done. Although I do volunteer once a month and almost always close the deal. It is sort of fun but around the edges are the progressives. They sort of make me sick. There are a few, like me, who do it from a religious perspective, you know, the peace maker thing. Most are just new age aging hippies. Give peace a chance.
Art today can be a booger with a hair in it!
Keep your eye on the big picture! Don’t worry about the $200k! They spent ALMOST A BILLION DOLLARS on an embassy in Islamderthalbad. in that shithole, they could have bought a city block for one tenth of one percent of that. The Islamderthals will probably take it over in a year or two, anyway.
This effing government and the ways they piss away our hard earned money just makes me violently ill. God, how I hate these people.
John Kerry’s doctor probably told him he needs more fiber, so he told the State Department, “Get the best you can!”
a tribute to “roman dieties” in The City of islam? that opens a whole history book
Just slightly less than Hillary spent on security for the Benghazi consulate.
There will be no sane answer because most of them are insane. Delusional, no understanding of reality.
But they could not fund extra security for Benghazi.
I have paid 85 cents to buy this stuff at a yard sale or thrift shop for my crochet hobby.
NO! Not one dime on artwork! No NEED for artwork.
Bet they didn’t spend a dime on pocket Constitutions.
Whoever approved this should have every ball of thread shoved down their throats. I know our government does dumb sh*t, but this is beyond ridiculous!!!
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