I have been admiring this new sculpture at the Steel District. I like the concept and the design (the cut out key hole is laying to the side of the piece) But, the yellow color doesn’t fit well in the development. I would change the color to a pearl essence iridescent paint that illuminates and sparkles in sunlight and moonlight and changes color depending on the light shining on it, I would also round the edges of the outer structure while leaving the keyhole with a straight on cut. It would give it more of an obelisk look to it. This is why ALL public art should go thru a PUBLIC vetting process even if it is privately funded. You get better art. We learned nothing from Mural-Gate when a private donor email harvester, the police chief and the mayor censored a piece that was later presented at the Smithsonian. When picking public art, a diverse jury of not only artists, but designers, contractors and other lay people help decide. This diversity gives you diverse public art. I can guarantee how this played out; The developer picked out the piece (concept drawings) and presented to the VAC ‘as is’ and they approved it. Zero vetting process. Money doesn’t buy class or taste.
“….I would change the color to a pearl essence iridescent paint that illuminates and sparkles in sunlight and moonlight and changes color depending on the light shining on it…. ”
Wow, with a description like that, who needs LSD?
AND, what about a mirror instead of some paint to reflect on how most of us don’t belong there, because we cannot afford the key to get into it.
“Say, did you guys see where Francis went to his final resting place, loaded on the bed of a Dodge Ram pickup truck?…. That’s so cool, but a converted ’57 Plymouth Fury, with angelica wings, would have been appropriate and cool, too” …. ( ….. “I wonder if it had a Hemi?…. ( …. “Oh, it would have had to have had a Hemi, he was the Pope…
…. )) #TheUltimatePopemobile #DodgeBrothersPride #PopeNoMoreSoMopar #BetterThanA’57PlymouthFuryWithNeitzertWings
https://robbreport.com/motors/cars/pope-francis-final-popemobile-ram-1500-truck-1236697578/
Keyhole STEEL peep of ‘Statue of David’?
Yellow for Sioux Steel?
“‘Sioux Steel’?”….. “Hell, when is someone going to place a tribute sign there to the once Seney Island?” …. “My goodness!”……. ( …. “If you ask me, the destruction of Seney Island was the first 18th and Minnesota in this town… The original Gaza reclaim area
…… ” ….. #SeneyIsland&TheOnceVintageStandardOilGasStationRIP )