[skinnypig74]

I'd never heard of this. I find it an unusual choice for a memorial sculpture for the victims. The moment of impact?! Maybe some of you have seen it in person...

From the website:

"Tumbling Woman, a bronze casting produced in 2001, made headlines when it was installed in the lower concourse of Rockefeller Center as a memorial to the victims of 9/11.

Intended to remind us that the tragedy was that of human nature and affects the human condition; to remind citizens of New York to remember to mourn those lost rather than the architecture that was the World Trade Center.

The sculpture very gracefully depicts a woman’s body at a moment of impact; an almost dreamlike feeling of falling."

[jesse]

Uh.....I don't know what to say.....morbid and bad taste.

[skinnypig74]

I just found an article that said the sculpture only lasted a week before it had to be removed because of backlash and even bomb threats.

[FunkPumpkin]

Originally Posted by skinnypig74 ↗

I just found an article that said the sculpture only lasted a week before it had to be removed because of backlash and even bomb threats.

Just as well, anyways. I thought the piece was unrealistic anyway. A more accurate sculptural depiction of the moment-of-impact would probably look more like this.

[skinnypig74]

Or it could be a series of artwork - pre-impact and post

[Harpua]

For some reason I highly doubt they felt "a dreamlike feeling of falling".

[Daley]

This seems pretty disrespectful. And I agree with the above, I am almost positive that they didn't feel "dreamlike" as they fell. Nor do I think New Yorkers, or any person for that matter, needs reminding to mourn the lives lost.

[vagabond]

Yup- poor taste.

[murofhsirgo]

the focus of creating art should always be art not to be weird or 'different', then simply say you were 'expressing' yourself as an artist. this is nothing more than jerry springer bullshit.

[murofhsirgo]

ahem, furthermore, no, fuckit never mind- it sucks on so many levels i wont waste anymore digital ink on it