Homeless Jesus

Witness calls cops on ‘Homeless Jesus’ statue 20 minutes after installationBy Kenneth Garger

A statue depicting a homeless Jesus lying on a bench outside an Ohio church drew a police response the day it was installed when somebody thought it was a real person.

October 16, 2020 | 12:43am

“He spent much of his time with tax collectors and prostitutes, largely to the chagrin of polite society.”

https://nypost.com/2020/10/16/witness-calls-cops-on-homeless-jesus-statue-20-minutes-after-installation/ 

Butch Quinn

Log Dog                                                                                 Butch Quinn, 20th c.

 

Statue mocking Donald Trump torched in Slovenia

LJUBLJANA, Slovenia (AP) — A wooden statue mocking U.S. President Donald Trump was burned to the ground Thursday in Slovenia, the birthplace of his wife Melania, authorities said.

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Slovenian police are looking for the arsonist

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When triggered, a mechanism inside the statue opened a red-painted mouth and shark-like teeth used to appear.

“Like all populists, the statue has two faces,” its creator, Tomaz Schlegl, said when he unveiled the statue last August. “One is humane and nice, the other is that of a vampire.”

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Milan Balazic, the mayor of Moravce where the statue ended up, said that unknown arsonists burned it.

He said the torching of the statue “is symbol of intolerance toward artistic projects in our society.”

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by Ali Zerdin

Melania Trump Sculpture

https://nypost.com/2019/07/05/bizarre-statue-of-melania-trump-erected-in-slovenia/

The Street

Found Art

 Sentinel                                       M. Hill 2017

Medallion

Medalllion

OLDEST WOODEN STATUE

http://www.express.co.uk/news/world/817598/worlds-oldest-wooden-statue-shigir-idol-carved-beaver-teeth-tool

Sculpture

On Vilnia R., in Uzupis, Vilnius, Lietuva (Lithuania)
M. Hill, 2014

On the Road

Mailbox, Pennsylvania

Nefertiti with Nails

by Dominic Lagamba

Seagull

sculpture                                Palanga, Lithuania

Musician

from Devil's Museum, Kaunas, Lithuania

Giraffe Sculptures at Living Treasures Animal Park

The Street



Roadside Pennsylvania

from Three Rivers Arts Festival, Pittsburgh

The Street

In the Bahamas

ceramic relief

by Maximum Traffic

Woodman

Buzz Buzzizzik