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  1. 22-08-2012, 05:45 PM #1
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    Very impressive.

    I have a soft spot for socialist realist sculpture I have to say. It works much better than paintings. There is a bar in Belfast with magnificent sculptures taken off the parliament buildings in Czechslovakia (I think). I'm delighted they found a home, even if it is a bar.


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    In front of Mao's mausoleum:

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    Quote Originally Posted by Sam Lord View Post
    Very impressive.

    I have a soft spot for socialist realist sculpture I have to say. It works much better than paintings. There is a bar in Belfast with magnificent sculptures taken off the parliament buildings in Czechslovakia (I think). I'm delighted they found a home, even if it is a bar.


    http://www.cnngo.com/shanghai/play/l...emetery-202248

    This one is particularly unimpressive.

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    Quote Originally Posted by C. Flower View Post
    This one is particularly unimpressive.

    I love it. the strength of the earth.
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    Quote Originally Posted by musashi View Post
    I love it. the strength of the earth.
    The earth is being molested
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    Quote Originally Posted by C. Flower View Post
    This one is particularly unimpressive.

    Why? Care to elaborate?
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    The yanks try to copy. Not crazy about this one.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Sam Lord View Post
    I have a soft spot for socialist realist sculpture I have to say.
    Thank God, it only takes a crane and a few angry people to remove this filth...



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    Quote Originally Posted by Sam Lord View Post
    The yanks try to copy.
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    I like this one:

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    Quote Originally Posted by TotalMayhem View Post
    Thank God, it only takes a crane and a few angry people to remove this filth...
    Yes, sadly. A few people opposed to civilisation. Like the taliban or the jihadists in Mali.
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    A much better american effort.

    Statue of Lenin in Fremont, Seattle.

    You just gotta love it.


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    Quote Originally Posted by Sam Lord View Post
    Statue of Lenin in Fremont, Seattle.
    "Handmade Ita..."

    Are you sure this isn't the Monument of the Unknown Pizza Courier?

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    A few people opposed to civilisation.
    I hate to break it to you, but civilisation goes back a bit further than Socialist realism.
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    Budapest sculpture Park

    [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v1abIQAs7JQ"]OCTC Summer Studies Budapest Communist Sculpture Park - YouTube[/ame]
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    I dropped out of communism class because of lousy Marx.
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