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youarelookingatthis t1_j5ulosz wrote

I saw it in person and like it. I do agree that I think if you included their faces 99% of the criticism wouldn't exist. I like that it A.) includes Coretta, B.) is larger than life, and C.) allows you to walk underneath it so you can be in the middle of the embrace.

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5teerPike t1_j5v46kc wrote

The artist also said it could represent an embrace that is important to the individual, it's left vague on purpose. Albeit the "I hate modern art and that opinion should be a fact" crowd, seething relentlessly over a public project they paid 0% attention to until now, have made who these figures are known enough that it's not vague anymore.

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