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DeSwiss Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-27-11 02:42 AM
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31. Artistic vision and taste is variable....
...and I try to steer a wide berth, if for no other reason than in support of artistic freedom. Then again, I know what I like and I agree with your assessment. He looks uncannily like a black version of Mao.

On the other hand, I view public statuary of this kind rather like a secular form of worship of cultural idols. A modern form of demi-god making.


- They did that in Rome and look what it got them......

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