Pile of rubbish in London park is a statue of Saddam's wife

[emad]

Valentine Low, Evening Standard
06.02.08

Go on have a guess. This is a sculpture - no, really - which occupies pride of place in one of London's most cherished parks.

But what is it? Is it a devastating critique of our throwaway society, a pile of rubbish representing the wastefulness of the modern world? Or, with all that tape wrapped round it, is it somehow meant to stand for the stultifying bonds of repression and conformity?

No? Give up? It is Saddam Hussein's first wife Sajida Talfah. Obviously.

The piece, by sculptor Graham Hudson, is the latest in a series of contemporary sculptures to occupy the same spot in Holland Park's Napoleon Garden.

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IN The interests of fairness I think the next statue to be erected next to Sajida Talfah should also be a rubbish offering......maybe one of Pickles?

[Xithras]

1. LOL!

That brings back a memory. Many years ago I was touring the SF MOMA when I commented to my wife that a particular piece looked like "junk" to me. A docent overheard me and launched into what was apparently a well-rehearsed lecture: "If you do not care for a particular piece of art, it is probably because your own understanding and perspectives are not great enough to comprehend the message intended by the original artist. You should not insult the art, or the artist, simply because you cannot understand it."

I wonder what that docent would say about this piece of trash! ;)