August 17, 2008

  • You Just Cannot Make Something Like This Up

    Actual Headline: 

    Inflatable dog turd sculpture escapes Swiss museum, wreaks havoc
    FROM CBC NEWS - Original Article Here

    A powerful gust of wind recently swept a house-sized sculpture of dog feces from its display outside a Swiss museum, an art official in Berne said Monday.

    The incident took place on the night of July 31, but details of the artwork's escape — and the havoc it caused before its eventual landing — emerged just this week.

    The massive inflatable sculpture, created by U.S. contemporary artist Paul McCarthy and titled Complex Shit, is part of the Paul Klee Centre's exhibit East of Eden: A Garden Show.

    McCarthy's piece was displayed outdoors, among "weird and wonderful objects [forming] an animated kind of front garden," according to the museum website.

    The sculpture is usually contained by a safety system that deflates it during instances of bad weather. However, the system failed on this occasion and the work escaped from the Klee Centre's garden, museum director Juri Steiner told Agence France-Presse.

    The wind carried the work away, knocking down a power line and breaking a window at a nearby orphanage before falling to the ground about 200 metres from the centre.

    The museum had yet to contact McCarthy about the incident, Steiner said. Officials are also contemplating whether to return the piece to display.

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    Imagine the years of therapy those poor kids at the orphanage are going to need.

    Scott Adam's take on the adventure:  Here

Comments (5)

  • LOL...this was too funny  And oh so very sad  When ART time, money and space goes to a giant air filled turd!  Makes me very sad!  I could do Poo Poo art.  One of my favorite characters is Mr. Hanky the Christmas Poo.  I could make poo poo jewerly, paintings, sculptures, I couls go as far as directing a happenings piece....But I WON"T!  This just inspires me to keep on doing what it is that I do.  And you know what I LOVE MY MUSIC!  Thank you so much.  Today I will be working on 12 designs for small fridge magnents, for those that want something but cannot afford the larger end items.  And the music that you shared with me is perfect for getting my creative juices going. No, not poo art...but my art...lol

    Love and hugs to you and your love, I hope things have calmed down and the giant Mr. Poo has flown away!

    Liz

  • *LOL*

  • That is a fantastic story, isn't it?  I hope that the poor kids didn't get in trouble when they try to explain the incident . . .

  • That is hilarious!

  • I only wished that it was caught on film, or that there was a reporter covering the incident much like when the Hindenburg blew up.  "...And there it is, the giant inlatable turd has been blown from it's safety system.  And....oh no it's going towards the orphanage, and it has smashed into the orphanage.  The kids! The glass! Oh the Humanity!"

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