HUDSON RIVER SCULPTURE TRAIL. 8.26.06
Let Cutting With Water be your guide on an eye-opening tour of the Hudson River, now lined with sculptures the likes of which ye may never see again, once they fire whoever is responsible for these atrocities.
It's the Hudson River Sculpture Trail, apparently brought to you by the Association Of Disabled Persons Who Failed High School Metalworking Class. The idea of the trail is to bring out the beauty, creativity, and individualism that lies in this geographic region. That would include the snobs of Manhattan, the grizzled backwoods folk of Woodstock, and the pot-heads of Albany. It's a veritable Voltron of half-ass artistry.
But don't take my word for it; have a look for yourself. No, that's not a roll of aluminum foil that accidentally fell into a paper shredder... or, perhaps it is. Only the guy who got paid to build it knows for sure. And if you liked that, you can go see its cousin, "Big Red", on the other side of the street. Somehow, the surrounding construction being done seems to fit these sculptures just perfectly.
Now here's where it gets interesting- if 'interesting' is the kind of term you throw out there when you hear an elderly man fart uncontrollably. The next sculpture down the line appears to be an overgrown prize from an Apple Jacks® box. What is this crap? Really, what is it, and why is it taking up physical space on this planet?
You know it's bad when you walk by something and you're honestly unsure of whether it's a sculpture or a broken a/c unit. I'm not saying I want the statue of David out there- I like abstraction as much as anyone- but this stuff is simply pathetic.
