Wednesday, June 15, 2005


This Brings new meaning to a stick of butter....and speaking of funny things you should check these stories out...... Posted by Hello

Great Art!
In May, backhoe contractor and part-time sculptor Ricky Pearce created a 17-foot-high, 40-ton concrete figure of the legs of a reclining woman in a grassy lot between two churches in a quiet neighborhood in Henderson, N.C. The legs, bent at the knees, noticeably parted, and accompanied by landscaped foliage "strategically placed" (according to a report from WNCN-TV in Raleigh), are supposedly in tribute to Marilyn Monroe. Asked one neighbor, "Why do they (sic) just show the legs?" [WNCN-TV (Raleigh, N.C.), 5-11-05]

In May, at the annual spring auction at Christie's in New York City, Massachusetts artist Tom Friedman managed to sell a piece consisting of an ink squiggle on a 12-by-18-inch piece of white paper (described in the Christie's catalog as "starting an old dry pen on a piece of paper"). It was sold for $26,400, according to a Washington Post report. Friedman was less successful in offering a 2-foot white cube that contained, on one surface, a tiny speck of his own feces, for which he expected an opening bid of $45,000, but got no takers. [Washington Post, 5-19-05]

I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU BUT THAT IS PRETTY BIZARRE IF YOU ASK ME....SOUNDS LIKE THEY HAVE A LITTLE TO MUCH TIME ON THERE HANDS!!!

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