Diana Krall Plaza 'Sculpture'
The 'Dead Flower' Hanging Baskets
Are A Nice Touch Don't You Think?
While I was downtown on Sunday morning I thought I would check out the sculpture which graces Diana Krall Plaza.
Readers of this blog may remember my comment last year about how I just did not get the artistic merit of this sculpture. Bearing in mind I don't get Van Gogh either.
I still stand by my comment last year, that a coat of paint might improve this work 'd art. Perhaps I am missing the potential that a few years of natural patina might add. I understand that copper and bronze can age quite gracefully, but I am not all that certain what the future holds for raw steel, except that, well rusty look.
It kind of looks like the city of Nanaimo can't afford an extra bucket of paint to spruce up this eyesore.
I also couldn't help notice that the weedy, overgrown, dead flower,hanging baskets sort of lent themselves to the overall theme being created here.
I wonder if downtown basket maintenance is one of those duties that used to be performed by the deputy city manager?
If memory serves, these pedastals were supposed to be supporting black and white piano keys. What ever happened to this idea?
ReplyDeletethis sculpture makes me laugh, it was made by a friend of the nanaimo parks department and is the height of corruption as they try to pass it off as having something to do with Diana krall but if you follow the paperwork it doesn't its just corruption
ReplyDeleteI do not usually allow anonymous posts which are inflammatory by nature such as the 'corruption' one above.
ReplyDeleteThe reason for letting this comment stand for a short time is to see if either the poster, or anyone else can provide any concrete evidence to back up the claim.
Until they do, no one should take this post seriously.