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The Wavy Rule, a Daily Comic By Paul Morris: Trains, Cranes, and Koons-o-mobiles
Filed under: The Catbird Seat: Friends & Guests Tagged: art, cartoons, comics, Jeff Koons, Los Angeles, museums, Peter Schjeldahl, The Wavy Rule
In today’s “Wavy Rule,” Paul makes art about art about art. He writes:
Last year, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art began feasibility studies to build what is proposed to be a 161-foot-tall piece by Jeff Koons. It will be a train engine suspended from a crane. You can read all about it here; The New Yorker’s Peter Schjeldahl reviewed Koons’ latest retrospective back in June, and Calvin Tomkins profiled him in 2007. (There was even a slide show to go with it.) Koons’ suspended locomotive is projected to be constructed by 2010-2011.
Is the sculpture a statement on Los Angeles’ lack of mass transit, as some bloggers have suggested? Is the sculpture some kind of giant sexual metaphor? Will this be a new L.A. landmark? Is this art?
I thank my friend Charlie for sending me the initial article on this project. Click to enlarge!
More by Paul Morris: “The Wavy Rule” archive; “Arnjuice,” a wistful, funny webcomic; a smorgasbord at Flickr; and beautifully off-kilter cartoon collections for sale (and free download) at Lulu.
