The jokes kind of write themselves on this one. Go to the link to see the images. I've seen other images posted as well, from some angles it really does look bad.

https://nypost.com/2023/01/15/...etta-scott-king-kin/

‘Woke’ $10M MLK ‘penis’ statue insults black community: Coretta Scott King kin
By Jesse O’Neill
January 15, 2023 5:28pm Updated

Even some kin of Coretta Scott King hate the new $10 million sculpture just dedicated to her and her iconic civil rights leader husband in Boston — with a cousin claiming it “looks like a penis.”

The massive bronze piece, titled “The Embrace,” features two sets of arms holding each other, an artistic interpretation of the classic photo of Coretta and hubby Martin Luther King Jr. hugging after he won the Nobel Peace Price in 1964.

“The mainstream media … was reporting on it like it was all beautiful, ’cause they were told they had to say that,” Seneca Scott, Coretta’s cousin, told The Post by phone Sunday, referring to the new artwork on the Boston Common.

“But then when it came out, a little boy pointed out — ‘That’s a penis!’ and everyone was like, ‘Yo, that’s a big old dong, man,’” said the 43-year-old Oakland, Calif. resident.

“If you had showed that statute to anyone in the ’hood, they’d have been like, ‘No, absolutely not.’ “

He wrote scornfully in Compact mag, “Ten million dollars were wasted to create a masturbatory metal homage to my legendary family members — one of the all-time greatest American families.”

Seneca told The Post that “woke” culture allowed the expensive abstract experiment to come to fruition.

Members of the King family last week unveiled the artwork near where MLK and Coretta first met in college.

Martin Luther King III approved the piece, which was designed by conceptual artist Hank Willis Thomas for the organization Embrace Boston.

The artwork’s funding was the result of a public/private fundraising partnership, the city of Boston said on its online site. It’s unclear how much public money may have gone into the sculpture.

“When we recognize that all storytelling is an abstraction, all representation is an abstraction, hopefully it allows us to be open to more dynamic and complex forms of representation that don’t stick us to narrative that oversimplifies a person or their legacy, and I think this work really tries to get to the heart of that,” the artist says on his website.

Martin Luther King III approved the piece, which was designed by conceptual artist Hank Willis Thomas for the organization Embrace Boston.

The artwork’s funding was the result of a public/private fundraising partnership, the city of Boston said on its online site. It’s unclear how much public money may have gone into the sculpture.

“When we recognize that all storytelling is an abstraction, all representation is an abstraction, hopefully it allows us to be open to more dynamic and complex forms of representation that don’t stick us to narrative that oversimplifies a person or their legacy, and I think this work really tries to get to the heart of that,” the artist says on his website.

Seneca’s grandfather was one of 25 children of Jeff Scott, the son of a slave who became one of Alabama’s wealthiest black landowners, Seneca said. His grandfather’s brother, Obadiah, fathered Coretta, whom Seneca said he met once at a family reunion before her 2006 death.

Seneca told The Post that while he couldn’t speak for other members of the family, he felt the 25-foot-wide, 65,000-pound sculpture was a “waste of money” that should be “melted down.

“A solid bronze statue? Like, what are we doing here?” he asked.

“It’s doubly insulting to the black community, who still on average … too many of us are below the poverty line,” Scott said.

“You’re spending $10 million on a bronze statue without heads on it? Man, it’s a joke.”


Meanwhile, the best way to observe Martin Luther King Jr. Day on Monday was through “action,” Seneca advised.

“No performative, no photo ops, put your phone down and go do [an act of service] that no one knows about,” he said.

It's simply hideous, like all modern art.

Human beings, and what makes us beautiful, is more than just a pair of limbs, for chrissakes.

This artist missed the mark by a mile, not because it "looks like a penis," but because it has absolutely no soul to it. Modern art is so awful.

The fuck is that supposed to represent?

Boston got scammed

Gilded turd

Did they put it on a credit card? Maybe they can dispute the charge.

Stupid people doing stupid things to other stupid people.

From a different angle it looks like vaginal lips.

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Originally posted by egregore:
The fuck is that supposed to represent?

Apparently MLK,jr embracing his wife...I think.

I think Boston should donate it to the pharmaceutical company who makes the obnoxious Peyronie’s Disease commercials.

Not seeing the D, but it is ugly as hell. A simple statute would be much better. I have no artistic taste, but a realistic statue over symbolism or whatever that is would win in my mind.

Boston got exactly what it deserved with that piece of crap

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Originally posted by Balzé Halzé:

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Originally posted by egregore:
The fuck is that supposed to represent?

Apparently MLK,jr embracing his wife...I think.

That is correct. I saw one angle of it with the picture that the sculptor used and it made more sense. Terribly done if it needs pictures and explanations to know what it is.

I'll agree it is ugly, but I don't see a penis. Maybe a different angle? I also agree it was a big waste of money.

flashguy

Oh I see a wiener alright, big bastard too.

Ten.
Million.
Dollars.

I don’t even get what it is supposed to be or represent. All I see is two hands holding “something.” I can’t even tell what the arms are connected to. Why not just make a statue of the man. $10 million for that?

If it was a statue of MLK like a normal statue then you would know what it was. You walk up to this thing and you are looking for the plaque to figure out what the hell it is.

It looks to me like it was inspired by the movie 'Alien'.

I swear, we cant get nothing right in this country any more..