12-Foot, Overweight Black Woman Statue Erected In Times Square As 'Contrast' To 'White Men' Hero Statues (2 Viewers)

[Tettsuo]

I dunno. I am a tall guy but a 12 tall woman would be intimidating.

... I'd hit it.

 

[JMR]

A women with those proportions would be morbid obese . Is that someone we want to look up to? She would be an unhealthy mess, is that something we should respect, what to be like? Then, how about the hair. That is not a black woman's hair.

Honest, this looks like it was put up by MAGA to mock black women.

A twelve foot woman would have to weigh more than 1000 points to be morbidly obese. There is not just one type of "black woman" hair.

 

[JMR]

This statue is causing more pain than Fearless Girl did years ago....and that was "a Lot"

 

[LouC]

OK. So?

Exactly.

 

[Michael Cole]

babble is fine as exchange then?

Babble? The exchange is emotional, not verbal. You really have no clue what you're talking about. You're babbling.

Art makes us feel. It makes us laugh, cry and sometimes think. The feeling people get when listening to instrumental music, for example, transcends verbal language. BB King could bring a tear to your eye with one note. That's the exchange.

 

[Cope]

What is the purpose, in general, of a fictionalized (and not important), statue ?

This certainly does seem like a thing without a purpose (unless that purpose is DEI based of course)

Which is pretty evident from the title of the article ...

 

[ataraxia]

... I'd hit it.

You're brave. It would be interesting to see someone try their hand at this:

 

[Crakhobarbie]

-i see nothing

Another Sgt. Schultz moment.
Brought to you by a white women who can't suffer things she deems unattractive.

 

[Lord of Planar]

so there is a rather unattractive 12 foot statue in Time Square - can we comment on that?

Not without being a hater.

 

[LouC]

12-Foot, Overweight Black Woman Statue Erected In Times Square As 'Contrast' To 'White Men' Hero Statues

In what's being called a "contrast" to the two white men who have statues in Times Square, a new 12-foot statue of a fictionalized overweight black woman has been erected at Broadway and 46th Street.

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"Installed at ground level on a wide low base, the work invites engagement with the hundreds of thousands of people who traverse the plazas each day, the woman in Grounded in the Stars cuts a stark contrast to the pedestaled permanent monuments — both white, both men — which bookend Duffy Square, while embodying a quiet gravity and grandeur," the Times Square Arts group says on its site.

My goodness what a misogynistic and bigoted if not outright racist article that is that you have posted here.

So, begs the question, do you align with the content and context of that article or not?

 

[Michael Cole]

What is the purpose, in general, of a fictionalized (and not important), statue ?

This certainly does seem like a thing without a purpose (unless that purpose is DEI based of course)

Which is pretty evident from the title of the article ...

What is the purpose of any piece of art? Is there a purpose to Bad to the Bone?

Yes, the purpose of Bad to the Bone was to sell records. The purpose of this piece is to attract visitors.

Outside of fulfilling contracts, art serves its own purpose. It's what humans do. Older than writing. Much, much older than writing.

 

[Felis Leo]

It appears to be a well-made statue. I do not have a problem with it. Should I?

 

[Taylor]

To celebrate black women and black people who have been historically marginalized. That doesn't mean white man bad. That's you seeing a celebration of black women and feeling bad and then sharing that feeling with the rest of us to our delight and amusement.

I'm going by what the people who erected it said. They drew the comparisons to "white men" and highlighted the need to "contrast."

 

[trumptman]

Terrifying, isn't it?

Sad is what I call it.

In the Time Warner Center up the road from this a bit are a pair of giant statues of a man and a woman... both naked... both fat... and the funny thing is that the male figure has a tiny penis that has been polished to a golden bronze from all of the tourist taking pictures of themselves touching it.

So.... aspirational?

Well I said typical. However it is clear NYC hasn't been typical for quite a while now and hence why people are fleeing it.

All statues are not aspirational figures. Most are a form of art and expression

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Art is aspirational.

Why does a statue of an unbothered black woman make you feel bad? What's that about?

How can you tell she is unbothered? Did you twerk in front of her and get no reaction?

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Do you mean 'inspirational'?

I don't care about the race, I just prefer women with curves over those little-boys-with-tits figures.

Aspirational and I guess you learned a new word today.

 

[LouC]

DEI i guess.

Or perhaps it is just art.

I take it that statute offends you for some reason, or perhaps bothers, irritates, causes you consternation of some sort?

 

[Michael Cole]

Art is aspirational.

Sure. I take it you're unfamiliar with photographic arts. Or cinematic arts. Or music. Or painting. Or any of the other arts whose works include tragedy, mistakes, horror and are anything but aspirational.

 

[Tettsuo]

I'm going by what the people who erected it said. They drew the comparisons to "white men" and highlighted the need to "contrast."

But you added the idea of "bad" to it. Nowhere in the artists' write-up did they deem anything bad.

 

[noonereal]

There is not just one type of "black woman" hair.

No black women has straight hair. Just an FYI.

 

[Taylor]

But you added the idea of "bad" to it. Nowhere in the artists' write-up did they deem anything bad.

Then why the need to contrast?

 

[Citizen]

Art is aspirational.

Art is different things to different people.

 

[j brown's body]

I'm going by what the people who erected it said. They drew the comparisons to "white men" and highlighted the need to "contrast."

Considering our war over confederate monuments, why not?

"Price hopes the works will prompt reflections about the role of monuments and the types of people and stories they tend to elevate.

“If these fictional characters are from a gender or perceived race that you have decided should not be at this level, and suddenly you see them presented in their gloriousness, it challenges people’s internal landscapes,” he says. “But this is so important for us to do, we should all be doing this to ourselves daily. So this is my little gesture to present an opportunity for people to question their assumptions about the world we live in.”

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[Tettsuo]

Then why the need to contrast?

To properly reflect the world we all reside in with art.

 

[Linuxcooldude]

Statues are typically aspirational figures.

It's not shocking but quite telling that this is how the left mentally pictures an aspirational black woman.

Maybe a Karen? Perhaps the statue should ceremonially be tore down like a lot of other statues.

 

[Michael Cole]

Maybe a Karen?

You see a Karen? Interesting.

Perhaps the statue should ceremonially be tore down like a lot of other statues.

Why? Was this Karen a slaveholder? Did she rebel against the United States?

You have a deep understanding of art. Far deeper than my interpretative ability.

 

[j brown's body]

Maybe a Karen? Perhaps the statue should ceremonially be tore down like a lot of other statues.

You referring to ones celebrating slavery?

Many black women's bodies are living monuments to slavery.