Friday, August 13, 2010

This Fucking Thing

I submit, for your consideration, what passes for art in Seattle's public spaces:


The VERY gay boyfriend and I were strolling through Cal Anderson on the way to my manse when we espied this treasure.

Yes, my friends, it's a golden shopping cart on top of an American flag containing a fake-ass tree. 

What.  The.  Fuck.

I suppose it has something to do with American consumerism in relation to the environment, but I want to stress that this crapfest was left... on a hill... with no-one around...  and no placard.  If you're gonna protest... can we at least have a sign with inflammatory catchphrases?  I mean, really.  This dipshizzle wired together some branches, stole a shopping cart and painted it gold, then parked the whole shitbox on top of an American flag. 

Then WALKED AWAY.  Ugh!  Ladies and gentlehookers, Seattle's youthful foray into the arts. 

2 comments:

  1. We all know that public art is 95% shit, obvz.

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  2. Well, obviously, it's a statement on the United States' transition to becoming a banana republic, courtesy of our gold-covered (yet internally rusting and damaging) addiction to consumption.

    Or it's just a bunch of available objects someone put together with no particular vision in mind. It could also have been compiled without any relatable logic. It can also be a combination of these, seamlessly blending obvious imagery with the ridiculous, creating a vaguely familiar yet stupefying experience.

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