Sign forbids photography of lousy statue
The sign mounted on this hideous sculpture of a typewriter eraser scarring a new Seattle neighborhood sculpture park says, "Sorry, photography of this statue is not permitted." So, you're not allowed to make a copy of something the artist copied? (Update: I don't really think the sculpture is hideous. But it's not as playful or interesting as his other work, I think. Also, here are 134 photos of the sculpture on Google Image Search, found by Boing Boing reader Aaron.) Link
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David says:
For readers who want to know more: The eraser is a sculpture by Swedish sculptor Claes Oldenburg, who is best known for his oversize sculptures of everyday objects. A gallery of his large scale projects can be seen on his website.It reminds me of the quote by designer Paul Rand, who said something like: "If you can't make it good, make it big. (And if you can't make it big, make it red.)"
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