Closing Bell: Otterness In Situ
The Tom Otterness sculpture that we previewed last week is now on display at the corner of Washington and Prospect. A nod to the all the “pioneers” of Dumbo perhaps?
The Tom Otterness sculpture that we previewed last week is now on display at the corner of Washington and Prospect. A nod to the all the “pioneers” of Dumbo perhaps?
Why didn’t he just leave it in Prospect Park like all the other dog owners?
Speaking of war atrocities PBS has a great show on Walt Whitman right now which draws alot of parallels between war dead and injuries during the civil war and those today in Iraq.
Sorry Kuroko. Maybe that bullshit excuse would fly 30 years ago but it doesn’t now. I can’t say since I wasn’t around at that time to sample the zeitgeist. But if you think no one cares about the people that are dying in Iraq right now, you only need to look as far as The Idiot Bush’s approval rating. And by the way, killing a defenseless animal as an “art project” is just about as low as you can go. At 25 you should know better so I don’t buy that excuse either. If Mr. Otterman wanted to prove a point of some sort, he should have used himself as the test subject. At least he would have been making a conscious choice for himself, unlike the dog, which had no choice in the matter.
I dont get why they put it in Brooklyn.
As art, it’s terrible. Lowest common denominator crap.
why is killing a dog worse than killing a cow?
thousands of animals are killed daily to help keep our supermarkets stocked.
Look, let’s face it. Most of us were assholes 25-30 years ago: youth. I know I was.
I like his art, it’s friendly, for a change.
There’s not excuse for what he did to that dog, but it was 30 years ago. I never killed a dog but I’ve done things I regret. I think Otterness deserves some slack.
They are called war atrocities for a reason. So what if the killing is committed as an act of nationalism or an art piece? He killed a dog because he figured he could get away with it and people should be outraged because he was in no way forced into a situation that required him to kill that dog- he did it entirely of his own free will and forethought.