I liked the first, less-obvious, dignified, cor-ten-steel-looking version
of 303 E.44th better . . The most recent, amateurish version . .
with intermittent open-floors . . separating vertically stacked boxes . .
looks sorta ridiculous . . . . Well, because, . . as mentioned in above article, . .
the in-between, smooth, amorphous, white support columns, . .
look "like chewing gum" or thick glue, . .
stretching between boxes . . being pulled apart . .
It looks cheap & will get grimy . .
But, it hardly matters if a 600 ft. building in Midtown . . gets a little "jokey" .
Its awkward naivete can be a bit refreshing, considering . .
. . weird Junior is just having fun, building his little mess . .
I mean, it's not as if, . it's 800 feet tall, right next to the ESB . . or a . .
12 hundred foot stack of toy blocks . . in the middle of the WTC . .
Then it would be a more serious ego-maniacal delusion . .
that we were dealing with . . which might necessitate a more serious response . . .
But this here, . . hey, what the hay . .
Let creativity splat out another mildly amusing turd . .
Look at 'em do the Watusi, swinging those hips . . (in Chris's post yesterday)
see 'em up there, in the diagram of this thing . . They are SELLIN' it ! . .
Hail noble inspiring Deco, . . you barely got started here . .
Oh futuristic Modernism . . why do you not offer us . .
much more of your visionary greatness . .
But I suppose, all of this could be much worse . . never mind . .
__________________
artSpook
|