tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8049802.post7157510989002273949..comments2024-03-22T10:52:36.273-07:00Comments on snarkolepsy: I am completely serious here.she said:http://www.blogger.com/profile/15003430767746896739noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8049802.post-59939508428492588072008-06-29T23:45:00.000-07:002008-06-29T23:45:00.000-07:00Actually, the idea of public art is that developer...Actually, the idea of public art is that developers should spend up to ONE percent of the budget on art...not 10 percent.<BR/><BR/>It's funny -- the LA Times article linked to in this post makes no mention of pinatas. Maybe the horrible LA local news brought it up. I didn't even SEE a pinata in the photos of the mural in the LA Times article.Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14347431128365422946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8049802.post-66171012103587864172008-06-12T14:34:00.000-07:002008-06-12T14:34:00.000-07:00MDG - 10% sounds about right. BV - Yes - the stere...MDG - 10% sounds about right. <BR/><BR/>BV - Yes - the stereotype of children playing happily is one we must squash. <I> Immediately </I> We should also ban chicklets. Which I love BTW. Oh... how.. I.. Love.. them.<BR/><BR/>Clearly the Latino's in my town are racists. They still sell them in lots of places. Which is why this whole thing perplexes me. <BR/><BR/><BR/>Kasia - Can't we get some naked protesters to stand in front of the art? Ones on bikes seem the most popular. <BR/><BR/>It seems that is the only kind that are motivated enough to step away from an Xbox.she said:https://www.blogger.com/profile/15003430767746896739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8049802.post-89947263023875648072008-06-11T10:12:00.000-07:002008-06-11T10:12:00.000-07:00I propose that, if California's law cannot or will...I propose that, if California's law cannot or will not be modified, then taxpayers should run around with tarps, covering all the ugly art.<BR/><BR/>As long as it's ripped out without damaging the art, I say yank away. And then dump it in the artist's front yard. If they like it that much, they can find a new home for it.Kasiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12252276821520357094noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8049802.post-12053742422408070932008-06-11T08:27:00.000-07:002008-06-11T08:27:00.000-07:00Man, that's weird. I don't know anything about LA...Man, that's weird. I don't know anything about LA but maybe the problem is it's a stereotype? Like, the neighbourhood has a lot of Latinos and the depiction of a pinata implies...something? (Can you even say Latinos?)<BR/><BR/>I live right near Chinatown in my city, and it's actually got signs calling it Chinatown. there are these neat Chinese dragons on the street signs and all kinds of other Chinese decorations. Everyone likes it as far as I know. Not sure why an object associated with a particular culture should be offensive? <BR/><BR/>It is completely absurd that the artist's permission is needed to remove their piece. City pays, city owns, city makes the call.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8049802.post-78791257481868244602008-06-11T04:26:00.000-07:002008-06-11T04:26:00.000-07:00Is it still that 10% or so of a public building's ...Is it still that 10% or so of a public building's budget has to be set aside for art?<BR/><BR/> I love making pinatas. However, I will not make one of a person. That just gets kind of weird for me when I think of a bunch of kids beating the crap out of Hello Kitty or something like that.<BR/><BR/>The last one I made was for a birthday party for one of Piko's friends. They are Mexican, and live in a prominently caucasian neighborhood. So when we took the pinata out front to smash it, the mother says to me. "My neighbors are probably watching and saying 'Those damn Mexicans!'" It made me laugh.MdGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02097934245121644565noreply@blogger.com