Geriatri’x’ oddity of the day is a sculpture with many faces – more elaborate and less crude than this one:

Faces in the “Skulpturenpark” in Bad König – which is basically an abandoned lot where a couple of artists have left their works for everybody to look at. The pieces are kind of weird, intriguing even. I’m not sure I like the words that one of them often added to his scultpures – I think it limits the interpretation of the onlookers. If I hadn’t gone for a square format I would have cut off the writing completely. So, in true odd fashion, I left half of it in the photo rather than losing some of the faces.

If you are curious here is the translation:

“Rather the cleverest among the stupid than the stupidest among the clever” Paul August Wagner 2020

I am not sure I agree with the quote, reminiscent of something Julius Caesar has said (according to Plutarch): “I had rather be first in a village than second at Rome.” I say reminiscent because the meaning is quite different. And this is exactly why I find these added words unsuitable: I have now thought about the saying, what it might mean and what it alludes to, and neglected to reflect about the piece of art. I wonder if that was the artist’s aim. Odd.

Odd Square #17