Public art gone horribly, horribly awry. Only in Bakersfield could an attempt at civic beautification have the exact opposite affect.
I'm not a big believer in public art because the art is always chosen by committee and you end up with abstract kitsch.
Or worse.
Like this.
The committee that picked this must have been smoking crack because it definitely has that "four-day-bender-with-a-glue-gun" look about it.
So let's put my expensive art degree to work.
If I was being generous, and what the hell, why not, I'd say this was an example of mid 80's postmodernism from the Memphis School.
Or... a preschool went out of business and no one wanted to see the playground equipment go to waste so they welded it into this.
Take your pick.
The scariest thing is that this is not an aberration, a one-off misfire.
There are many more where this came from...
