When I was an exchange student in Germany in the early 90's, I was vaguely aware of artist HA Schult's work--he was famous at the time for sculptures of dorky sedans with oversized pegasus wings. I remember seeing photos of the cars being flown around Germany by helicopter--sort of like the opening scene of La Dolce Vita.
Daddy has apparently found a new meme to mine. His new work is just as obvious and in-your-face as the older work, but not entirely lacking in charm. For the past few years, Schult has been traveling to exotic locales (like the pyramids in Egypt) and constructing armies of human figures made out of TRASH! The work attracts attention wherever he goes (and a lot of banal morning show conversation as well). His trash sculptures can currently be seen at the Piazza del Popolo in Rome through March 29th. After that... on to New York!
If people were upset by Christo putting up a bunch of orange fabric in Central Park, what will they say about Schult creating an army of trash warriors...like casting Oscar the Grouch as Emperor Qin in charge of a bunch of trash zombies instead of terracotta ninjas and horses.
