Adam Castiglioni watched the installation of a snarling dog head and other animal heads on the Rose Kennedy Greenway this morning; part of a work by Ai Weiwei that represents the 12 signs of the Chinese zodiac (H/t Allstonian for that info).
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an excellent bust of charlie
By Scumquistador
Mon, 04/25/2016 - 11:18am
an excellent bust of charlie barker
Whoa!!
By mplo
Mon, 04/25/2016 - 11:24am
Interesting installation there!
its cool
By Scumquistador
Mon, 04/25/2016 - 11:29am
but it could use a manticore or gorgon or something
Will a dragon do?
By Allstonian
Mon, 04/25/2016 - 11:44am
It being the Chinese zodiac, there's a dragon in the set.
that depends
By Scumquistador
Mon, 04/25/2016 - 11:51am
is it a bone dragon or a black dragon?
Ai Weiwei
By Allstonian
Mon, 04/25/2016 - 11:29am
It's a work by Ai Weiwei depicting the animals of the Chinese Zodiac. Here's some info about it:
http://www.zodiacheads.com/about_exhibit_bronze.html
Great video!
By ECG nli
Mon, 04/25/2016 - 5:03pm
If you are interested at all in these heads, definitely go to this site and watch the short video! Thanks for posting this link, Allstonian.
canine PEZ dispensers
By anon
Mon, 04/25/2016 - 11:37am
canine PEZ dispensers
The Greenway gets fierce
By Equis
Mon, 04/25/2016 - 2:24pm
I am all for visual art, but putting statues up that are reminiscent of the Pagan Gods made famous in the movie The Ten Commandments in the middle of Passover is both insensitive to those of the Jewish faith, but also awfully scary looking for the children's fountain on the Greenway.
That should be a place for playful characterizations of non-scary animals that reinforce the playfulness and innocence that is intended by the oscillating fountain.
A Zodiac display, if that's what it is, belongs somewhere else.
Ed (not Jewish) in Boston
holy shit stfu
By Scumquistador
Mon, 04/25/2016 - 3:13pm
holy shit stfu
god, i'm getting sick of the trolls here
By bibliotequetres...
Mon, 04/25/2016 - 3:43pm
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Elections
By Schorschico
Mon, 04/25/2016 - 4:39pm
I totally agree with you.
Also, now that you mention the Zodiac and since we are in the middle, not only of Passover, but also of the election cycle, it is so clearly associated with one of the Republican candidates that, in my opinion, it breaks electoral law.
THINK OF THE CHILDREN!!!
By SwirlyGrrl
Mon, 04/25/2016 - 9:31pm
Translation: It bugs me, and I know that is unreasonable, so I'll make up something about it being bad for or scaring children.
Pagan Gods object to false characterization
By Daan
Mon, 04/25/2016 - 11:33pm
Cecil B. DeMille's characterization of Pagan Gods (all thousands of them around the world, including those the Egyptians could not know) really annoyed the Dieties when he used his second 10 Commandments religious epic to make them look like bad guys. Pagan gods are cool; they don't go demanding human sacrifice or father's to kill their sons (well, maybe a few do, but just a tiny per centage). And making their sons sacrifice themselves? That's a pretty mean thing for a Dad to do.
I think kids will be cool. These are not fire breathing, snot dripping Cerberus breath live heads. They just statues.
Ra (not pagan) in Boston
You're wrong
By lbb
Tue, 04/26/2016 - 9:25am
So, because these statues (or what you've seen of them in a photograph" resemble "the Pagan Gods[sic] made famous in the movie The Ten Commandments" to your fevered imagination, you're claiming offense on the part of Jews, even though you are not one yourself? Please find me an actual living breathing Jew who makes this same association, do.
As a kid, I would have loved these statues. I predict that actual living breathing children will find them very cool, will play on and around them, will want their pictures taken with them. But that's just my opinion. You are free to find actual living breathing children who scream in terror and run from these statues. I suggest looking for them in the same place you plan to find Jews who glimpse the statues and thunder, "Pagan idolatry!"
It's public art and it belongs exactly where it is.
tl;dr: you're a ninny.
@equis
By Clyz
Wed, 04/27/2016 - 5:08pm
@equis
Do some research first, the story behind it is actually quite compelling: having do to with the looting and pillaging of Chinese temples and cultural appropriation.
http://www.zodiacheads.com/about_exhibit_bronze.html
Clyz (litterate) in Boston
ps. the 18th century originals were made by Jesuits - #themoreyouknow
Ay güey
By Sock_Puppet
Mon, 04/25/2016 - 3:18pm
Those are way, way too scary.
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