I read on Yahoo about a new sculpture by John Henry in the neighborhood. Typical of any public art installation it was frowned upon by the local residents and the idiot media. The local press sticks a microphone in front of Joanne Public and next thing you know the reporters are repeating the exact same idiotic negative language about a significant piece of semi-public art.
Nobody liked the Picasso in Daley plaza. Now it is part of Chicago's iconography. The Oldenburg, the Chagall, the Miro, and the Calder all met with similar fates. We live in Chicago, not Bumfuck. Chicago is world class. World class means world class art, and in the case of the new sculpture up in Lincoln Park, it means the Artist John Henry.
So next time a piece of artwork shows up, shut your trap, google the artist, and try to understand what the fuck you are talking about. Or, just move out to the suburbs where you belong.
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