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Old Posted Aug 1, 2012, 4:17 PM
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Originally Posted by O-tacular View Post
I don't generally denigrate public art, but I've always found this sculpture in Calgary's Bow Valley Square an eyesore. Mind you it is better than much of the Western cowboy / horses / indian bronzes around town. But still. Judge for yourself.



These are worse than the (in)famous metal trees of London (Ontario). There are about 50 of these scattered about downtown, often in hideous colors.

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Who decides on these things? Let's waste taxpayer money on some extraordinarily fugly metal tubes crudely fashioned to represent First-nations people on horseback?
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