Statues With Limitations

The FDR Memorial - A Story of a Statue (a conversation with Anna Eleanor Roosevelt)
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That was a very touching video. Interesting how she said, "I think the young people get it". Pride got in the way back then. But now, with the wheelchair shown, you admire the man for all his accomplishments despite his disability...and a real source of inspiration to the young lad in the photo as you can see in his confident smile. It touched my heart. Thank you Meanderer.
 
Theodore Roosevelt Rough Rider Statue - Oyster Bay, New York
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17 June 2011
"Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it's Superman and friends... painted on Soviet war statue by the Banksy of Bulgaria"!

"Twenty years ago you would have been shot for stepping too close to this monument in Sofia in Bulgaria".


"But after the smashing of the Berlin Wall, statues celebrating communist rule appear to be fair game to the graffiti artists of the former Soviet block in Eastern Europe".


"An anonymous artist transformed Russian Red Army soldiers from a monument in the city of Sofia, in Bulgaria, into popular superheroes and cartoon characters".

"Below the graffiti artist has sprayed "Moving with the times" in Bulgarian black paint".

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Surreal Bronze Abstract Sculptures by Michael Alfano

"Hopkinton, Massachusetts-based sculptor Michael Alfano creates surreal sculptures that use the human body and face to interpret philosophical ideas".

"We two together, bronze sculpture by Michael Alfano. A native of New York, he first studied with an emphasis on life-size sculpture from the model".


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(Life size scale)
 
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This statue was modeled after C. S. Lewis as he looked in 1919 and portrays Digory Kirke looking into the wardrobe from the Chronicles of Narnia.​

"We ought to give thanks for all fortune: if it is good, because it is good, if bad, because it works in us patience, humility and the contempt of this world and the hope of our eternal country". ~ C.S. Lewis
 
This statue of Tom Turkey riding a horse used to be outside of the Nature's Fare restaurant in Plainville NY.

That tacky old fiberglass statue made a lot of kids happy, I wonder where it is today.

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"The statue of the communist revolutionary landed in the funky neighborhood of Fremont in the 1990s, after a local veteran found it lying face down in Poland and was impressed enough by its artistry to figure out how to ship it home. Sitting in the midst of coffee shops and boutiques, the statue’s controversial nature is blunted somewhat, thanks to being frequently decorated with lights, drag attire or perhaps topped with a rubber duckie. Nearby, you can order up a few scoops at Bluebird Microcreamery and Brewery, which features both classic and beer-infused ice cream flavors".

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The cat's handsome appearance combined with his air of mysteriousness may see him immortalized in a statue one day!
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The Last Three, by Gillie and Marc Schattner (Astor Place, New York City)

"Inspired by the world’s final three Northern White Rhinos, Sudan and his infertile daughters Najin and Fatu, the husband-and-wife duo conceptualized the piece as an ode to the species." (Sudan died on March 18, 2018, at the age of 45)


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