Sheesh, I look at the new painting of the women Supreme Court Justices and cringed. I look at the MLK statue and cringe. I heard the WWII monument is less than impressive.
When you stop to look at the statuary done in this country in the last century and compare it to this one, this one is bad. Even after many years of exposure to the elements and physical handling, the previous century stuff outshines ours by far. There are so many talented artists here who would work on these tributes for free just for the honor and exposure and yet we send off to China for MLK's statue? If we are going to build or paint a tribute to our heroes, could we at least put some pride and craftsmanship into it? Both MLK and the women of the Supreme Court deserve so much better.
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Next vacation or day trip, go compare the old stuff with the new. Just the lack of detail will make you wonder. I'm not talking about style, I'm talking about craftsmanship, artistic detail, and artistic pride.