[AGL] Monuments to bad taste website

[thorne dreyer]

Back, you know, in my youth, David Adickes was an artist of some prominence in Houston who produced pricey French Impressionist knock-offs for an uppity crowd.  They all looked the same. The real artists, like my mother, hated his work.  (Though my mother was gracious and liked him.) He was also a partner in the Love Street Light Circus, a psychedelic music venue on Allen's Landing.  

Frankly, his current  artistic endeavors are a step up from his days as a "fine artist."  They at least have the benefit of being odd.

Thorne



----- Original Message ----
From: Fontaine Maverick <fmaverick at austin.rr.com>
Yeah, That's it!

----- Original Message ----- 




> Yep.

> That's the same place

>

> http://www.offthekuff.com/mt/archives/003236.html#003236

>

>

> --- Fontaine Maverick <fmaverick at austin.rr.com> wrote:

>

>> Okay, when Walt and I went to Houston about four

>> years ago, Clark took us to

>> a place he called the Presidents Heads museum. It

>> was not a museum, really,

>> but giant sculptures of every president - in a big

>> lot in Houston somewhere

>> (maybe near the beer can museum/house?). I got a

>> picture of Clark standing

>> in the shadow of Lyndon, but I cant find it. I have

>> since looked for a

>> website, but could not find it either. Maybe you

>> know.

>> ----- Original Message ----- 

>> From: "Connie Clark" <connie_3c at yahoo.com>

>> To: "Ghetto List" <austin-ghetto-list at pairlist.net>;

>> "Ghetto List Latest"

>> <ghetto2 at two.pairlist.net>

>> Sent: Wednesday, April 16, 2008 9:32 PM

>> Subject: [AGL] Monuments to bad taste

>>

>>

>> > One of the fotofest exhibits was located at the

>> > warehouse studio of David Addicks.  If you have

>> driven

>> > south on 45 to Houston, outside of Huntsville

>> there is

>> > a giant Sam Houston statute.  Ok, I can appreciate

>> it,

>> > but, before long, I see another giant statute,

>> Stephen

>> > Austin down in Brazoria County seen from Hwy 288.

>> > Hmmm, ok Austin first colony is down there.

>> >

>> > Then appeared this gawdawful head of a woman

>> downtown

>> > Houston - kinda like a Peter Max in three-D

>> without

>> > color.  The Beatles are in a park, and along one

>> of

>> > the freeways are four historical busts... this is

>> > gettin ridiculous.

>> >

>> > All done by David Addicks.  So, the attached photo

>> > shows he is still at it, evidently attempting to

>> make

>> > giant president heads to distribute who knows

>> where.

>> >

>> > I understand that he and a sponsor proposed a

>> giant

>> > Texas Ranger in Waco, but were turned down by the

>> City

>> > Council who didn't really want it in their town.

>> >

>> > Connie

>> >

>> >

>> >

>> >

>>

>> 



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