Public Art Review http://publicartreview.com Keep Up With All the Public Art Gossip Wed, 12 Oct 2011 23:13:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 en Saddam’s Bottom For Sale http://publicartreview.com/saddams-bottom-for-sale/2011/10/12/ http://publicartreview.com/saddams-bottom-for-sale/2011/10/12/#comments Wed, 12 Oct 2011 23:11:19 +0000 Tanya Izzard http://publicartreview.com/?p=335 Remember the moment  the statue of Saddam Hussein was unceremoniously ripped from it’s plinth during the US led invasion of Iraq in 2003? Well an elite SAS regiment soldier, Nigel “Spud” Ely, was there and he retrieved a 2ft piece of Saddam’s butt using a hammer and crowbar. Now he’s auctioning as a “war relic art” in England.

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]]> http://publicartreview.com/saddams-bottom-for-sale/2011/10/12/feed/ See Ya http://publicartreview.com/man-banished-from-town-for-monument-damage/2010/01/29/ http://publicartreview.com/man-banished-from-town-for-monument-damage/2010/01/29/#comments Fri, 29 Jan 2010 09:02:29 +0000 Tanya Izzard http://publicartreview.com/?p=333 Here’s a rather harsh and unusual punishment for a Missouri man who paid a teenage to destroy a world war II monument, Rex Barstow has agreed to be banished from the town. The 57 year old from Clark paid a 14 year kid to knock over the General Omar Bradley monument and then spray paint the fire department shed. It seems the town is rather happy with the outcome and will be glad to see the back of him.

]]> http://publicartreview.com/man-banished-from-town-for-monument-damage/2010/01/29/feed/ Lenin Statue For Sale http://publicartreview.com/russian-city-cant-afford-upkeep-of-lenin-statue/2010/01/29/ http://publicartreview.com/russian-city-cant-afford-upkeep-of-lenin-statue/2010/01/29/#comments Fri, 29 Jan 2010 00:03:23 +0000 Tanya Izzard http://publicartreview.com/?p=331 Anyone want a 14 tonne statue of a dead Russian dictator, it’s going cheap? A bronze statue of Vladimir Lenin in the main square of Voronezh near Moscow has proven too expensive to maintain so they want it sold. Yes OK, there are is a catch. You have to leave it somewhere in a public place, preferably where it still stands, so people can still visit him and leave flowers.So basically all they really  want someone to pay for it’s upkeep. Well, there goes my plans of having a talking piece in my garden.So if anyone has a spare 1.5 million roubles lying around give the City a buzz.

]]> http://publicartreview.com/russian-city-cant-afford-upkeep-of-lenin-statue/2010/01/29/feed/ Death By Public Art http://publicartreview.com/man-killed-by-lenin-statue/2009/08/14/ http://publicartreview.com/man-killed-by-lenin-statue/2009/08/14/#comments Fri, 14 Aug 2009 05:42:11 +0000 Tanya Izzard http://publicartreview.com/?p=329 OK people here’s the thing, climbing up a statue, especially a Lenin statue, can prove deadly. A 21 year old from Belarus has died after he attempted to climb the 7m Vladimir Lenin statue only to have it crumble and fall on him. Bummer. He was attempting to hang from Lenin’s outstretched arm when the upper part disintegrated. The town of Uvaravichy plans to repair the crumbled structure.

]]> http://publicartreview.com/man-killed-by-lenin-statue/2009/08/14/feed/ Lennin Butt Out http://publicartreview.com/vandals-blow-up-lenin-statue/2009/04/02/ http://publicartreview.com/vandals-blow-up-lenin-statue/2009/04/02/#comments Thu, 02 Apr 2009 04:20:13 +0000 Tanya Izzard http://publicartreview.com/?p=326
Lenin lets one rip!

Lenin lets one rip!

OK sorry for laughing but who blew the butt off Lenin? Come on, one of you did? The statue of Communist leader Vladimir Lenin now has a 100cm gaping hole in his arse. Not funny people. The statue was erected next to the Finland Station in St Petersburg and now look at him. Not only does he have a rather unattractive  exit wound in his bottom there is also some damage to his left leg and hip. How embarrassing, who is going to take communism seriously now? Oh and for goodness sakes the nearby light fixtures were damaged too! No word on who the culprits are.

]]> http://publicartreview.com/vandals-blow-up-lenin-statue/2009/04/02/feed/ Monument For The Shoe Throwing Journo http://publicartreview.com/monument-for-the-shoe-throwing-journalist/2009/01/30/ http://publicartreview.com/monument-for-the-shoe-throwing-journalist/2009/01/30/#comments Fri, 30 Jan 2009 03:43:00 +0000 Tanya Izzard http://publicartreview.com/?p=324 Oh bless, the people of Saddam Hussein’s hometown, Tikrit, have erected a new monument, this time in honor of the Iraqi journalist Muntazer al-Zaidi , the man who shoe threw at George W during a news conference last year. Hmm, the 2m fiberglass and copper shoe which doubles as a big pot plant holder has a plastic shrub in it (nice!). The inscription reads “Muntazer: fasting until the sword breaks its fast with blood; silent until our mouths speak the truth.” The one and a half tonne monument was created by artist Laith al-Amiri and is entitled “statue of glory and generosity”. I am not sure whether the shoe is the glory and the plastic plant is the generosity or the other way around?

]]> http://publicartreview.com/monument-for-the-shoe-throwing-journalist/2009/01/30/feed/ Islamic Group Jihads Stork Statues http://publicartreview.com/islamic-group-jihads-stork-statues/2008/12/02/ http://publicartreview.com/islamic-group-jihads-stork-statues/2008/12/02/#comments Tue, 02 Dec 2008 08:51:36 +0000 Tanya Izzard http://publicartreview.com/?p=320
Its bad enough I get shat on everyday

Its bad enough I get shat on everyday

For goodness sakes people. Eight Muslims from the hard lines Islamic group Ulama Anjumane Al Baiyeniat (who?) in Dhaka, Bangladesh, have been arrested for damaging a group of six white stork sculptures.The men all armed with shovels and hammers began whacking the 41ft (12.5m) tall structures after an attempt to pull them down with ropes failed. Hmm, they meant business. Ah, it seems this group has a jihad against statues in general because they are seen as a form of idol worship (hmm, better not tell Paula Abdul, she’ll cry!). The eight have been charged with creating chaos and attacking security officials.The sculptor Mrinal Haque has stated the statues which were erected in 1989 had nothing to do with Islam (well they do now!).

]]> http://publicartreview.com/islamic-group-jihads-stork-statues/2008/12/02/feed/ Big Penguin Could Be Toxic http://publicartreview.com/big-penguin-could-be-toxic/2008/11/15/ http://publicartreview.com/big-penguin-could-be-toxic/2008/11/15/#comments Sat, 15 Nov 2008 13:13:58 +0000 Tanya Izzard http://publicartreview.com/?p=315
Tasmanian Toxic Big Penguin

Tasmanian Toxic Big Penguin

Holy public art Batman, the 3m tall Big Penguin in the Tasmanian town of Penguin could be toxic and whats more it could have made thousands of people sick. Hmm, if tests on the big old cement seabird prove positive, then it will have to be put down. Seems a cement worker raised the alarm after he had fears about people’s safety from the leaking asbestos particles. The Big Penguin has been around since 1975 with hundreds of thousands of people standing next to it for a photo or a curious inspection without knowing they could be snorting deadly particles. And what if their worst fears are realized? Penguin’s Mayor Mike Downie says “I would think we would be lynched from the nearest tree if council decided, that if it was a danger to the public, not to replace it.” Hmm, I think there will be a lynching regardless, if asbestos is found!

UPDATE: Yay, Big Penguin is safe! Go give him a hug…

]]> http://publicartreview.com/big-penguin-could-be-toxic/2008/11/15/feed/ Public Art From Space! http://publicartreview.com/public-art-from-space/2008/10/16/ http://publicartreview.com/public-art-from-space/2008/10/16/#comments Thu, 16 Oct 2008 03:01:24 +0000 Tanya Izzard http://publicartreview.com/?p=312
Knitted bunny from space

Knitted bunny from space

A giant knitted pink rabbit, which for the sake of this blog I shall call public art, can be spotted from space via Google Earth. Hmm, I wonder what our extra terrestrial buddies will think of us now? The knitted bunny was created by the Viennese art collective Gelatin in Italy’s Piedmont region. The pink rabbit was created for people to climb, sleep or walk on. Far too many people with far too much time on their hands, me thinks!

]]> http://publicartreview.com/public-art-from-space/2008/10/16/feed/ Stop Looking The Hog Statue is Back! http://publicartreview.com/stolen-hog-statue-found/2008/10/15/ http://publicartreview.com/stolen-hog-statue-found/2008/10/15/#comments Wed, 15 Oct 2008 15:31:33 +0000 Tanya Izzard http://publicartreview.com/?p=310 Stop looking, the bronze hog which went missing at the beginning of October from the Gardens at Razorback Road (University of Arkansas) has been found. Two people feared the worst when they came across “a big lump wrapped in plastic” near the Randal Tyson Track Center. They immediately rang police who on arriving slowly removed the plastic to discover the hog underneath. From all reports the porker is back safe and sound on campus. Police suspect the incident was a prank!

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