VAN GOGH'S EAR

I found this gem in the middle of our afternoon walk. Appropriately called "Van Gogh's Ear," This sculpture/ outdoor installation by Elmgreen & Dragset embodies their art manifesto which seeks to stir in the audience what critiques would describe as a sense of "displacement," of "disconnect" through their oeuvre (most famously represented by "Prada Marfa," which is a full reconstruction of a Prada storefront by the roadside of a Texan desert).

Van Gogh's Ear as a totem for "displacement" and "uprootedness" is none more appropriately situated than in the middle of this brash and unabashed mecca of unbridled commercialism and materialism. A pitstop of sorts for the weary army of people from all walks and persuasions each having his or her own  pursuit both profound and profane, all wanting to tear a bite off the proverbial "Big Apple."


(sampung pasasalamat sa mga kaibigang nakasalamuha)