"Mr. Gorbachev, Tear Down That Wall!"

Behold, The "Stanford Wall" (Josef Albers, 1980). This used to be by Engineering, but even they found it "the least interesting piece of sculpture ever created."*

So bad is this wall of "art", that Stanford found a place for it... in a field... with no real access... or where anyone might have to look at it. It's as if someone said, "Put it where no one can see it, but don't look like you're putting it where no one can see it."

Shiny side... I used to draw boxes like that when I was 8.
Why? Seriously, what's the point here?

Non-Shiny Side: makes you want to check out the shiny side again, doesn't it?

Alone... and far, far away
sadly not far enough away that I don't have to see it

*Actually, that's my review, but you know it's true.

Bank Art

Banks have a sacred place in the world of bad art. Boring. Uninteresting on a level that is almost unsurpassable... Worse, they often think they are being daring or innovative--and they usually aren't.

A classic example, is this attempt in Castro Valley. I've passed it dozens of times and never noticed it. And then I did.


Not sure if this is part of the sculpture, or if this is someone's attempt at a repair... Maybe it was a fountain at one point--if it was, they lost something interesting, I think the water would have been interesting against the texture. But now, it just looks like shit...