I’m sure you have many lovely sculptures, and some very talented artists, so answer me this – why is this hideous monstrosity of a sculpture still around??
It looks like John Banks’ lair, cunningly disguised as a sculpture-that-looks-like-John-Banks’-lair-but-couldn’t-possibly-because-that’d-be-too-obvious therefore rendering its true function totally inconspicuous.
My brief research into the sculpture (I didn’t want to find out it was actually some famous artist and be tainted by the desire to pretend to know about art) dredged up an Aucklandista post from a few years ago which had much the same tone as this one, and the fact that this sculpture had made it on to the ‘Worst of Auckland’ list compiled by Inunison, Unitec students online.
My apologies for the repetition but seriously, that is one hell ugly sculpture.
It’s the funniest thing, every time I drive past that sculpture I get a nostalgic craving for cheese and pineapple hedgehogs …
Ha, I talked to Selina about this sculpture as I was driving her past the awesome ones on the way to Welly Airport. I actually love it, and having worked for a bunch of student magazines, all I can say is that you really shouldn’t pay any attention to In Unison…