I think my favorite view of the 56′ tall bright red rabbit sculpture, approved by the County Board of Supes last night for installation in the new airport terminal, is the following where you can just see his teeny immense feet:
The yellow suitcase has some sort of vortex on top, symbolizing the swirling nothing that becomes of your time when you decide to enter an airport. Here is artist Lawrence Argent’s proposal for the piece (PDF). My favorite quote: “After much deliberation I chose a rabbit and a suitcase…”
In all seriousness, and putting aside the debate over public art projects in a receding economy, why bright red? Why the drastically different scale for the two objects?
(Thanks to my mother in law for sending me the link)
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How much will this wascelly wabbit cost Sac County taxpayers, and couldn’t we just get a tree (SMUD delivers ‘em for free) instead? Sacramento being the “City of Trees” and all… I keep seeing an $800,000 figure, but can’t tell if that for all the art, or just for the plastic rabbit committing suicide into the suitcase (or did he fall out of a plane?).
posted 10/29/08 at 1:29 pm #
I like it better than the lame robo-birds we got the last time the airport expanded.
Some genius should open up a BBQ rabbit stand in the food court.
posted 10/29/08 at 3:56 pm #
Does anyone remember that movie “night of the leapers?” I think the Board was tripping out hard core this week.
posted 10/29/08 at 8:23 pm #
“Night of the Lepus” Hilarious!
posted 10/30/08 at 11:07 am #
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