Striking? More like confusing...
This is not a great sculpture. It is a poor mix of abstract and realism. I get the sentiment of it, but the experiment did not work. It never should have progressed past mock ups.
The sculpture is derivative of this photograph, but a three dimential partial of a two dimential image (in this circumstance) does not work. It is also not the best picture, given King is looking at someone else while embracing his wife. It is even harder to comprehend from other angles.
I have not seen it in person, so I will withhold final judgment till I do. I doubt my initial impressions are going to change that much.
Twitchy: People have questions...
Instapundit: Speeches for Embrace statute and Honoring Martin Luther King with tragically bad/hilarious public art
Your new statue is finished, Martin. What do you think? pic.twitter.com/BoZn5yhbKv
— jimtreacher.substack.com (@jtLOL) January 14, 2023
It sure looks like an artist's impression of someone trying to jump up their butt and disappear. I doubt that was the inspiration, but whatever that was, sure fails to appear in the final work.
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