A Real Eyeful by CoreyBlack
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This is a picture of artist Tony Tasset's 30 foot tall statue of one of his eyeballs. Called straightforwardly enough, "Eyeball", it was on display in Chicago's Loop a few years back. Seeing, (excuse the pun), how this is the Midwest, the typical ever tedious conservative brouhaha ensued. Personally, I thought it was pretty cool. Both as a work of art, and as a commentary on the increasingly paranoid Big Brother ethos of America and the rest of the world.
Photographed in Pritzker Park at State and Van Buren in downtown Chicago on November 5, 2010.
Haven't been on Rendy much lately, but I'm attempting to change that. "Attempting" being the operative word here.
As always, thank you everyone who is kind enough to view and comment on my gallery.
Comments (13)
zoren
eye of the giant
ArtistKimberly
Outstanding,
bmac62
Stunning. Must have modeled it after his last eye appointment:) I have grown to love public art...a bit of outrageous is the only way to get people talking! Good to "see" you here...look forward to more.
auntietk
That's actually pretty cool! I would make a terrible Midwesterner. I'm far too interested in new things to condemn them out of hand. Or eye. Or whatever. :P Well seen! (Sorry about that ... it's hard not to.)
bebopdlx
Most excellent
blinkings
Very clever. He must have been a good art 'pupil' at school..............
durleybeachbum
Brilliant! I want one!
Chipka
I didn't realize this was a representation of the artist's eye: so that means this is also a self portrait of sorts...OK...a fragment of a self portrait. I'd love to see him do others: a thumb, an ear, his nostrils. Seriously, fragments like that are endlessly amusing. Just think...one day, you're on State Street, minding your own business and suddenly, there's a giant, bronze leg, just standing there, as it it just so happened to grow in that particular spot! How fun would that be. I have to admit that I wish the eye was a longer-term installation, although I was always afraid of it rolling into the street and causing a rather surreal mess. I miss the Eye! I never disliked it, but I always thought it was too tucked away, but now that it's gone, I see how nice a spot that was for it. Who knows, maybe we'll see it somewhere else. I like this shot, but now I wonder what it would be like to see this sculpture, next to a billboard for eye drops. And yeah, I'll go for the pun too: well seen.
prutzworks
cool piece of art
kgb224
Superb capture my friend. God bless.
flavia49
fantastic image
KatesFriend
That is an eye opener! - snicker. Giant eyeballs are strange to say the least. Rod Serling must have had a fascination with them as so often the lidless eye is used to represent a potent force on 'The Twilight Zone'. And the Atraxi manifested themselves as a giant blue eyeball in 'The Eleventh Hour'. And lets not forget the eye of Sauron from 'The Lord of the Rings'. This one is equally potent but me thinks less menacing. More content to observe than to impose. Still it does seem to have suffered some sleepless nights from what it has seen lately. A very cool capture.
whaleman
It is quite nice! I wonder what would have ensued if it had been called 'Weathered Breast' or something, LOL. How long until some wag mounts a monacle on that, or a contact lens?