Comments on: American Gothic, 3D and 25-Feet Tall http://flavorwire.com/41084/american-gothic-3d-and-25-feet-tall Fri, 10 Feb 2012 07:36:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Flavorwire » Clearing the Air About Public Art http://flavorwire.com/41084/american-gothic-3d-and-25-feet-tall/comment-page-1#comment-25455 Flavorwire » Clearing the Air About Public Art Thu, 25 Mar 2010 09:39:42 +0000 http://flavorwire.com/?p=41084#comment-25455 [...] waterfront next to The Art Institute. While not always entirely respectful of public art pieces, or highbrow for that matter, Chi-town’s got one artwork to put other public installations to [...] [...] waterfront next to The Art Institute. While not always entirely respectful of public art pieces, or highbrow for that matter, Chi-town’s got one artwork to put other public installations to [...]

]]> By: Alec M. Kohut http://flavorwire.com/41084/american-gothic-3d-and-25-feet-tall/comment-page-1#comment-14268 Alec M. Kohut Thu, 29 Oct 2009 04:25:59 +0000 http://flavorwire.com/?p=41084#comment-14268 How wonderful this piece is !!! At first it seems just a cool represtation of an American classic, but, then upon seeing the suitcase....it smacks the viewer out of their malise and makes them think. Why the suitcase. Awesome, art bringing forth a social element...and it's name "God Bless America," with the suitcase adorned with foreign stickers of where our jobs went...BRILLIANT. To any highbrow art critic who might attempt to discredit this work, get a clue, this is topical art at its best. We as a country need more. How wonderful this piece is !!! At first it seems just a cool represtation of an American classic, but, then upon seeing the suitcase….it smacks the viewer out of their malise and makes them think. Why the suitcase. Awesome, art bringing forth a social element…and it's name "God Bless America," with the suitcase adorned with foreign stickers of where our jobs went…BRILLIANT. To any highbrow art critic who might attempt to discredit this work, get a clue, this is topical art at its best. We as a country need more.

]]> By: DanceNOWChicago http://flavorwire.com/41084/american-gothic-3d-and-25-feet-tall/comment-page-1#comment-12046 DanceNOWChicago Fri, 02 Oct 2009 00:58:26 +0000 http://flavorwire.com/?p=41084#comment-12046 Yeah, I agree. I feel like that's such an obvious part of the piece, I am surprised more people don't respond to that. Yeah, I agree. I feel like that's such an obvious part of the piece, I am surprised more people don't respond to that.

]]> By: mmmgood.com http://flavorwire.com/41084/american-gothic-3d-and-25-feet-tall/comment-page-1#comment-11960 mmmgood.com Thu, 01 Oct 2009 17:45:42 +0000 http://flavorwire.com/?p=41084#comment-11960 "The artist is definitely making a point about the outsourcing of American farmers with the suitcase at the feet," Farrell said. Yet even if people don't take that meaning from the suitcase and the title in combination -- no admirers interviewed for this story did -- "we like having pieces that start conversation," Farrell said. "We don't want something that just sort of sits there." I can't believe people don't wonder why the suitcase is covered in stickers from countries to which we've outsourced most of our consumer goods production. "The artist is definitely making a point about the outsourcing of American farmers with the suitcase at the feet," Farrell said. Yet even if people don't take that meaning from the suitcase and the title in combination — no admirers interviewed for this story did — "we like having pieces that start conversation," Farrell said. "We don't want something that just sort of sits there."

I can't believe people don't wonder why the suitcase is covered in stickers from countries to which we've outsourced most of our consumer goods production.

]]> By: haakon http://flavorwire.com/41084/american-gothic-3d-and-25-feet-tall/comment-page-1#comment-11957 haakon Thu, 01 Oct 2009 17:37:08 +0000 http://flavorwire.com/?p=41084#comment-11957 Keep us posted on what ends up lodged in that pitchfork... looks like prankster heaven! Keep us posted on what ends up lodged in that pitchfork… looks like prankster heaven!

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