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He Broke the MoldYou don't see great public sculptors like Augustus Saint-Gaudens anymore.
Posted Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2009, at 7:04 AM ET
Click here to read a slide-show essay about sculptor Augustus Saint-Gaudens.
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I'd guess that there are no great public sculptors for the same reason there are very few great public architects or great public landscapers. Americans no longer take any pride or express any interest in our common space and no sane politician or corporate CEO would spend taxpayer or shareholder money on making it more beautiful. Schools look as though they were assembled from a kit from Home Depot. New parks are glorified playgrounds, destined to be trampled to dust by eager little feet in a few years; old parks are left to wither away from neglect. Grand Central Station – LaGuardia Airport: compare and contrast.
America has been effectively privatized.
-- mandy cat
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