Eh, 'it's a statue ffs'?
It fails, imho obviously, to either impress technically or convey any feeling for the man himself, and a statue should have at least one of those attributes. Instead the sculptors limitations distract from the peice to the point that it makes people annoyed that this is what we have to imortlise Bobby. I think he deserved a damn sight better.
As POOT said, art is subjective, so fair enough if people like it, great. But for me it's depressingly closer to your Southhampton or mackum statues than our Milburn or his Ipswitch efforts.
Nar
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Still think this is one of the funniest things I've ever seen. Absolutely pissed myself when I first saw it.
What/who in the name of fuck is that supposed to be?