Wednesday, March 11, 2009

Unexpected art is unexpected

I had to stop by the Federal Building last week and found this:




7 comments:

Glennis said...

That's fantastic!!! How long has this artwork been here?

Do you know anything about it? [searching the City's Cultural Affairs website....]

Li said...

I don't know anything about it. It's located in the courtyard between the two Federal buildings downtown. I was in a hurry so I didn't stop to look for a plaque. Sorry I don't know more!

Anonymous said...

i love it soooo very much!

it's even got little penises! how adorable!

Anonymous said...

this reminds me of the famous Vigeland Sculpture Park in Oslo, Norway.

Anonymous said...

Wonderful!!!!!!

aiisa

Biffles said...

it's clearly by sculptor Tom Otterness...but I had no idea it was there....must go see it! Thanks!

Li said...

Thank you! I just went to his website and found photos of the sculpture. I've seen his stuff in NYC but didn't make the connection.