Jerry Saltz
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Yeah.
Yeah.
So in the next generation, we'll look at that sculpture and see metal. They won't see a person. They won't see a likeness. They'll see a material, and even the material isn't that interesting. Right, the bronze. That's all they're going to see. I promise you. It looks like a lot of... academic sculpture. You know, the mouth is open. I can see the teeth. Somebody got in there and filed them down.
So in the next generation, we'll look at that sculpture and see metal. They won't see a person. They won't see a likeness. They'll see a material, and even the material isn't that interesting. Right, the bronze. That's all they're going to see. I promise you. It looks like a lot of... academic sculpture. You know, the mouth is open. I can see the teeth. Somebody got in there and filed them down.
Good on them. Good technique, I guess. That's good. I would pay $400 for that and put it in a backyard at best. There's nothing wrong with that. That's fun.
Good on them. Good technique, I guess. That's good. I would pay $400 for that and put it in a backyard at best. There's nothing wrong with that. That's fun.
I'd love to hear it.
I'd love to hear it.
They have some sort of... It looks like art by committee. That's what it is. It looks like art by more than one person with no touch, no hand, only an idea. They're not even artists, those two guys. They're entrepreneurs. They're scammers. They don't know it. Listen.
They have some sort of... It looks like art by committee. That's what it is. It looks like art by more than one person with no touch, no hand, only an idea. They're not even artists, those two guys. They're entrepreneurs. They're scammers. They don't know it. Listen.
To me, I allege that they might be scammers in this sense, that Oscar Wilde said all the worst poetry is sincere. So what? That they sincerely wanted to make this realistic. Good on them. I didn't take that away from them. I don't think it looks like anybody.
To me, I allege that they might be scammers in this sense, that Oscar Wilde said all the worst poetry is sincere. So what? That they sincerely wanted to make this realistic. Good on them. I didn't take that away from them. I don't think it looks like anybody.
No, that's fine. Dwayne Reed liked it, and he's cool with it. And could they have made something magnificent? Yes, they could. But they could have also made something much worse. It could have been a piece of string, you know, tied to a chain, some bulls**t. That happens as well. So this is a happy medium between thinking and non-thinking that looks like a photograph in three dimensions.
No, that's fine. Dwayne Reed liked it, and he's cool with it. And could they have made something magnificent? Yes, they could. But they could have also made something much worse. It could have been a piece of string, you know, tied to a chain, some bulls**t. That happens as well. So this is a happy medium between thinking and non-thinking that looks like a photograph in three dimensions.
I've stood there. I've posed with him. What I want to say is that some of the greatest sculpture ever made was made in Greece and Rome of athletes.
I've stood there. I've posed with him. What I want to say is that some of the greatest sculpture ever made was made in Greece and Rome of athletes.
Okay.
Okay.
This... As much as I love the first Rocky movie.
This... As much as I love the first Rocky movie.