Pic of the Day: The $600,000 toad statue your tax dollars paid for and you will never see in person

Bluegrass Pundit ^ | Tuesday, December 13, 2011 | Bluegrass Pundit

[Askwhy5times]

Yes. Taxpayers paid $600,000 for this toad and fairy girl statue. It sets in the lobby of the restricted DoD Mark Center building in Alexandria, VA and can only be viewed by about 2000 employees. That comes to $300 an employee for the pleasure of enjoying this art piece. As an added plus, it reportedly makes a gurgling sound. Oh, that noise may be coming from the taxpayers who paid for this pork toad.

[Psalm 144]

Versailles, 1788.

[duckman]

What is in that toad’s mouth? Looks like someone’s head.

[Dallas59]

It’s extremely ugly.

[NonValueAdded]

Rather than affix postage to an envelope, they can simply sign their name and the letter will still reach its destination.

Time to go literal on 'em. You must sign YOUR name ... not have an aide sign, not use a robo sign ... if it is to be free, YOU must sign.

[andy58-in-nh]

It’s extremely ugly.

That's pretty much the functional definition of modern art.

[throwback]

Toads are good. Just ask Barry. They keep the flies off your face.

[colorado tanker]

That’s really bad, even by the standards of modern art.

[muawiyah]

The Mark Center cost $700,000,000. The frog cost $600,000. That's 6/7000 of the total cost, or 3/3500, or 1/1200 approximately.

That's one of those numbers that gets rounded off in a project like this.

On the other hand most people imagine that government facilities should be as plain as possible ~ no art, not even employee pictures hanging on walls in their own offices.

Painting the local post office's walls ALWAYS draws its share of complainants, several of whom will always write to the PMG and their local Congress Critter about "wasting money".

Frankly, I think they should have set up a gallery where they used a cheap $50 projector to show donated amateur porn movies all day on a plain white painted wall.

[Pan_Yan]

I see art like that in the lobbies of Class “A” commerical office buildings all the time. /S

[Cowman]

It’s extremely ugly.

It,s part of the plan...

23. Control art critics and directors of art museums. “ Our plan is to promote ugliness, repulsive, meaningless art.”

http://www.tldm.org/news7/CommunismInAmerica.htm

[muawiyah]

The fairy and toad are overly realistic. You could have sold that to the Politboro in Moscow in Joe Stalin's day ~ he was a big fan of what the world knows as "Socialist Realism".

Now, about the thing you're looking at ~ it's the artist's model submitted in the early stages of a competition.

I'm sure you'd be happier with the large round red balls in front of your local Target!

[muawiyah]

Ever been to the Hilton in Reno? There are a number of equestrian statues there ~ I suppose they must be art because they’ve been gilded with cheap gold tint.

[colorado tanker]

I'm sure you'd be happier with the large round red balls in front of your local Target!

I usually am. Oh, did you mean the store? :-))

[muawiyah]

The store ~ looks like “pubic art”.

[SENTINEL]

This thing has got "occult" written all over it.

Somewhere some group of globalists is laughing their butts off at it's true hidden meaning.

[DustyMoment]

OMG!! I don’t know whether to laugh or cry!!

There is nothing “artistic” about it . . . . . in fact, it is just plain ugly and childish.

Frankly, I think we owe a debt of gratitude to the DoD for keeping it out of sight of the general public. It is a hideous item and should be attached to the next drone we send over Iran!!

[blueunicorn6]

Barney Frank only pays $100 to hear a gurgling sound.

[Psycho_Bunny]

Apparently the Artsy Fartsy Brick-a-brack Industry is alive and well.

[stylin19a]

I thought that’s what michelle was for ...