marylander1940 Posted September 26, 2023 Share Posted September 26, 2023 Locals outraged over proposed Palm Springs AIDS Memorial that looks like a gaping, well, you know… WWW.QUEERTY.COM The Palm Springs AIDS Memorial Task Force, which designed the statue, says it will work on a revised model... One thing is inspiring, other thing is confusing or possibly mocking... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CuriousByNature Posted September 26, 2023 Share Posted September 26, 2023 I think it looks like a hemorrhoid cushion. Art is art, and what is considered art is in the eye of the beholder. Perhaps at the very least, the sculpture will attract proctologist conventions to Palm Springs. prof, wsc, + Pensant and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marylander1940 Posted September 26, 2023 Author Share Posted September 26, 2023 8 hours ago, CuriousByNature said: I think it looks like a hemorrhoid cushion. Art is art, and what is considered art is in the eye of the beholder. Perhaps at the very least, the sculpture will attract proctologist conventions to Palm Springs. CuriousByNature 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ sync Posted September 26, 2023 Share Posted September 26, 2023 The controversy is all lost on me. I guess my imagination needs work. I'm not seeing anything about it that reminds me of an anus. + jessmapex, + jeezopete and soloyo215 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ Charlie Posted September 26, 2023 Share Posted September 26, 2023 It doesn't suggest ANYTHING to me, which is why I think it fails as a memorial. + sync and TruthBTold 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Becket Posted September 26, 2023 Share Posted September 26, 2023 Half a million is a bit much for a butt hole. Noticed it looks more like a backside from.....well.....the backside. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeezifonly Posted September 26, 2023 Share Posted September 26, 2023 Marie's Sculpture | Everybody Loves Raymond | TV Land BIT.LY Marie tries to donate a sculpture she made to the church auction, but the... CuriousByNature 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CuriousByNature Posted September 26, 2023 Share Posted September 26, 2023 2 minutes ago, jeezifonly said: Marie's Sculpture | Everybody Loves Raymond | TV Land BIT.LY Marie tries to donate a sculpture she made to the church auction, but the... Reminds me of high school art class, seeing a slideshow of 20th century American paintings. Muffled giggles all around when slides of Georgia O'Keefe's flower series came up on the screen - yes, we were immature. + Charlie 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soloyo215 Posted September 26, 2023 Share Posted September 26, 2023 8 hours ago, sync said: The controversy is all lost on me. I guess my imagination needs work. I'm not seeing anything about it that reminds me of an anus. I'm right with you. I have seen plenty of anuses in my life, and none that look anything like that, nor do I know (and hope never to) of an anus of that size. That's just typical art pursuing fame by creating controversy. + jessmapex and + sync 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marylander1940 Posted September 26, 2023 Author Share Posted September 26, 2023 Example of contemporary art AIDS memorials! San Francisco Visit the Key West AIDS Memorial KEYWESTAIDSMEMORIAL.ORG Visit the Key West AIDS Memorial The Key West AIDS Memorial is located at White Street and Atlantic Boulevard at the entrance to the Edward B. Knight Pier. The... Brighton New Yorkers lost to AIDS I would create a memorial inspired by this iconic demonstration! + Charlie and Marc in Calif 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ nycman Posted September 26, 2023 Share Posted September 26, 2023 It doesn’t bother me that it looks (vaguely) like a giant concrete butthole. What bothers me is it’s just bad art. Period. TruthBTold and + Charlie 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ Charlie Posted September 27, 2023 Share Posted September 27, 2023 2 hours ago, marylander1940 said: Example of contemporary art AIDS memorials! San Francisco Visit the Key West AIDS Memorial KEYWESTAIDSMEMORIAL.ORG Visit the Key West AIDS Memorial The Key West AIDS Memorial is located at White Street and Atlantic Boulevard at the entrance to the Edward B. Knight Pier. The... Brighton New Yorkers lost to AIDS I would create a memorial inspired by this iconic demonstration! I got lost in memories as I read through the list of names of those on the Key West memorial, which included the names of three men I had known when I was young and carefree, and didn't even realize had died of AIDS. That's what a memorial should do. Rest in peace, Mitty, Larry and Ken. marylander1940, wsc, Marc in Calif and 2 others 1 2 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 27, 2023 Share Posted September 27, 2023 12 hours ago, sync said: ... I'm not seeing anything about it that reminds me of an anus. That innocence is so sweet! 😉 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luv2play Posted September 27, 2023 Share Posted September 27, 2023 On 9/26/2023 at 1:12 PM, Charlie said: It doesn't suggest ANYTHING to me, which is why I think it fails as a memorial. If it was painted rose, it would look like a rosebud, common in fistee bottoms. I see it all the time in fisting porn flics. Personally doesn't appeal to me. I liked the comment "this needs to be probed further". + Charlie and Marc in Calif 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ Charlie Posted September 27, 2023 Share Posted September 27, 2023 34 minutes ago, Luv2play said: If it was painted rose, it would look like a rosebud, common in fistee bottoms. I see it all the time in fisting porn flics. Personally doesn't appeal to me. I liked the comment "this needs to be probed further". As I remember from my old list of ways that HIV is transmitted, fisting per se is not one of the ways that one gets AIDS. (I worked for a few years on an AIDS information hotline, and we got calls regularly from an hysterical man who was worried because he had put his finger in a female prostitute's ass, and he was afraid he might have been infected with HIV from that act. No matter how often we reassured him, he couldn't get over that fear.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soloyo215 Posted September 28, 2023 Share Posted September 28, 2023 Sorry, but I still fail to see anything remotely related to an anus there. The bigger question (at least to me) is, why does that matter anyway? If it looks like an anus, or if it was intentionally created to look like an anus, what then? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 29, 2023 Share Posted September 29, 2023 18 hours ago, soloyo215 said: Sorry, but I still fail to see anything remotely related to an anus there... A bit lacking in imagination, perhaps? Compare it to this iPhone cover: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soloyo215 Posted September 29, 2023 Share Posted September 29, 2023 Thanks for the visual help. I guess I'm running out of imagination. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ sync Posted September 29, 2023 Share Posted September 29, 2023 5 hours ago, Unicorn said: A bit lacking in imagination, perhaps? Compare it to this iPhone cover: Perhaps an overactive imagination. soloyo215 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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