"Balloon flower red": hideous, at least in NY Times photo

lindisfarne

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Tue May-23-06 06:06 PM
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"Balloon flower red": hideous, at least in NY Times photo

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/23/nyregion/24wtccnd.html?hp&ex=1148443200&en=e375f65de8df685b&ei=5094&partner=homepage

The nine-foot-high, multilobed, stainless steel sculpture, "Balloon Flower (Red)," sits in a circular fountain in a new triangular park, about one-third of an acre, designed by Ken Smith Landscape Architect. It is framed by planters filled with azaleas and boxwood and by small groves of sweet gum trees.

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"Balloon Flower (Red)" mimics on a colossal scale the twisted balloon creations that are a staple of children's parties. It is meant as a bit of fun in an otherwise somber setting. "We thought everybody would walk by it and smile," said David M. Childs of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, the architects of 7 World Trade Center.

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Chimichurri

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Tue May-23-06 06:06 PM
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1. looks like a twisted up intestine

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MichiganVote

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Tue May-23-06 06:10 PM
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2. Second that

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elehhhhna

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Tue May-23-06 06:11 PM
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3. Jeff Koons is such a fraud. euwww.

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/23/nyregion/24wtccnd.html?

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LiberalinNC

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Tue May-23-06 06:14 PM
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4. That's awful!!!

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Warpy

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Tue May-23-06 06:18 PM
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5. An elephant just had a spontaneous abortion on the sidewalk

Gee, and I thought OUR public art was weird.

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SmokingJacket

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Tue May-23-06 06:37 PM
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8. EXACTLY! nt

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The Velveteen Ocelot

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Tue May-23-06 06:32 PM
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6. A poo deposited by a giant balloon animal.

I'm glad it's not in my front yard.

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slackmaster

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Tue May-23-06 06:36 PM
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7. It makes me want to run away from the giant clown who twisted it

:scared:

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