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#255611 20-Aug-2019 20:47
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It's out there in my opinion and not really what I would have called art but then again art is in the eye of the beholder.

 

 

 

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  #2302618 20-Aug-2019 21:18
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Not worth $75k IMO

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  #2302636 20-Aug-2019 21:51
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Someone gave Thing a face. I rather like it.





 
 
 
 


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I wouldn't want it in my lounge (though I wouldn't object to a smaller copy) but as a work of art I think it's great. Art has different functions, but high on the list are to provoke, challenge, and confront. This definitely does that. The critical comments sound a lot to me like the kinds of things people would have said in the day about some of Picasso's work. This artwork does exactly what it should. It stirs people up and gets them talking.

 

 




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It's the ugliest piece of 'art' in the capital, hands down.

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It is sort of creepy.

 

But, I like it!

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  #2302665 20-Aug-2019 23:32
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Is it Thing from The Addams Family?

 

 

 

Civic Square reminds me of a Soviet Era city to be honest - that whole area wants flattening. This bizarre addition can't make it any worse.

 

 

 

They get points for not having yet another wind-based sculpture though.





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  #2302670 21-Aug-2019 00:15
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Personally, I like it. It reminds me of thIs:

 

 
 
 
 


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  #2302675 21-Aug-2019 03:35
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Different is all I can say!

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  #2302693 21-Aug-2019 07:18
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Waste of money. Wellington City Council is very free with our money, puts rates up every year, and use it for things like this.

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  #2302703 21-Aug-2019 07:57
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Art matters, whatever you may think of individual works. In Holland, all public buildings must devote part of their budgets to art.

 

 




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  #2302708 21-Aug-2019 08:23
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By the deities it is horrible. Are they sure it wasn't designed by Stephen King.




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You mean the one who thinks incest is necessary for human survival?

 

 




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  #2302714 21-Aug-2019 08:37
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Rikkitic:

 

You mean the one who thinks incest is necessary for human survival?

 

 

 

 

 

 

I am confused ?????????

 

Stephen King ....IT......Christine......




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Steven King, idiot American congressman who believes rape and incest are good things so should not be used to excuse abortion.

 

 




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Rikkitic:

 

Steven King, idiot American congressman who believes rape and incest are good things so should not be used to excuse abortion.

 

 

 

 

 

 

OK I was meaning Stephen King the maker of truly terrifying books and movies




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