Public Nudity!

[elfs]

The whole statue
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Detail
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Yes, public nudity. Of a statue. That statue, to the left in fact. I pass by it once in a while, depending upon whether or not I'm walking from the western park & ride or the eastern one-- that is, if I didn't take the bus that day. It's right on the open, along Waterfront Way, in front of a big office building, and I'm constantly curious about it. It is rarely cleaned, apparently, as bird streaks run down the faces of the poor victims. But what really intrigues me most is that one of the figures that make up the statue appears to have been, uh, censored.

You might just be able to make out what I mean in the small pic, or click on it to see it larger. Of the two female figurines, only one has had her crotch covered, re-welded with what looks an awful lot like a steel sanitary pad. My working suspicion is that one night some jokesters welded some inappropriate piece of equipment to her (sounds like something Fabricators of Attachment, a local "guerrilla art" group would pull, since they love sculpture; they once attached a ball and chain to the Seattle Art Museum's "Hammering Man" sculpture) and what we're seeing is the repair job.

Still, it's an intriguing sculpture all the same.

Comments

[gromm.livejournal.com]

Heh. Try going to Paris someday. :) Their public art is even better.

[whatthehay.livejournal.com]

Well, I've dug through my 1991 copy of "A Field Guide to Seattle's Public Art" and did not find a picture of your statue. At the back is a long list of artwork and there are more than a few that would fit the statue. The one I find most intriguing is entitled "Triad". It's a bronze sculpture located at The Elliot Bay Office Park at 300 Elliot Ave W.

Don't know if it's your statue or not. If you know the name of the building or the address for your statue, I could look and see if I could find it listed.

Let me know.