Uh... this looks somewhat familiar.
Fushimi Inari Shrine, Kyoto, Japan.
I guess art is just imitation.
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Posted on 02/12/2005 6:41:20 PM PST by struggle
NEW YORK (AP) - With flowing fabric the color of a sunrise, "The Gates" - a massive public art installation - was unfurled Saturday for the start of a 16-day stay transforming miles of footpaths in Central Park.
The project opened with Mayor Michael Bloomberg dropping the first piece of saffron-colored fabric to the cheers of a huge crowd. He was joined by exhibit creators Christo and Jeanne-Claude.
The crowd counted down the seconds before Bloomberg, a longtime backer of the project, opened the exhibition at 8:30 a.m.
The weather was windy and cold as the first fabric dropped from one of the 7,500 16-foot-high gates, creating what the artists billed as "a visual golden river" along 23 miles of the park's footpaths. More than 1 million square feet of fabric was used by the artists.
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By tomorrow, they'll all be spray-painted with graffiti.
Why does the cause of modern art have to be continually foisted upon the proletariat masses? Can't the jog in peace?
No it won't.
Christo spent twenty million of his own money.
saw this on TV and it reminded me of an orange car wash.
I went to see it today. It's pretty cool, weird but cool. Judging from the amount of people there to see it I'd say NYC got some extra tourist money this weekend.
Not this time my Nordic friend.
"The artists are paying for the project - which could be as much as $21 million - themselves."
When the guy said he spent his own money to put it up, I just couldn't help but think 'what a waste'.
Well, yeah... I mean, sculptures are imitations of people, right? ;)
In all series, art has always been imitation. How could it not be, as it builds on what has come before.
I'm just mad about Saffron,
Saffron's mad about me
To borrow from the DUmmies, just think of how many armored Humvees this could buy for our soldiers or how many flu vaccines could be purchased for our children. You'll note that such nonsense is only said when conservatives spend their own money on causes the liberals dislike, such as W's inauguration.
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