tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7397970649062371366.post8397075984989519281..comments2024-03-19T12:00:16.160+00:00Comments on The Deptford Dame: Three sheets to the wind?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7397970649062371366.post-67458512854414244092013-01-03T18:34:41.845+00:002013-01-03T18:34:41.845+00:00My eyes! My eyes! What a truly miserable assault o...My eyes! My eyes! What a truly miserable assault on my vision. Does it manage to provide any shelter? It looks like a total waste of time and money. Gareth Gardnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00371885015248755434noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7397970649062371366.post-66895105829819785782013-01-02T18:48:17.149+00:002013-01-02T18:48:17.149+00:00And why was a local artist ,amomg whom I include m...And why was a local artist ,amomg whom I include myself,asked to do the 'piece'.As we have said before who is in charge? Why can't we just have the Golden Hind?lurcanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7397970649062371366.post-59098517058713235832013-01-02T18:14:43.260+00:002013-01-02T18:14:43.260+00:00Do not know how this particular art work got commi...Do not know how this particular art work got commissioned ... although I was involved in getting over £3m back to the Pepys estate, from the sale of Aragon Tower to the private sector (from 100% social housing).<br />Malcolm - Pepys Community ForumAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18241220516115460106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7397970649062371366.post-91806093863582425252013-01-02T17:11:37.149+00:002013-01-02T17:11:37.149+00:00I suppose one of the major problems with public ar...I suppose one of the major problems with public art is that it has to have no scrap value - or someone will come along and yank it out of the ground.<br /><br />I would also be interesting to know the procedure that the Council has to go through to commission public art as well - and whether they have some kind of expert on-hand to give advice - but judging by most things they do they just work as amateurs . . .Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7397970649062371366.post-76202854108921561302013-01-02T14:39:07.524+00:002013-01-02T14:39:07.524+00:00Oh Christ, that's horrible!Oh Christ, that's horrible!Ian on the Hillnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7397970649062371366.post-10601048611884404152013-01-02T09:48:09.846+00:002013-01-02T09:48:09.846+00:00What an insult, the Golden Hinde itself was built ...What an insult, the Golden Hinde itself was built in less time. For sculptor read charlatan, surely there were better Deptford artists who could have been commissioned for this ? Add to that the fact that the "artist" had so little confidence in their own abilities that they had to press-gang the locals to choose the colour of the pain about to be inflicted on them. To continue the faux-nautical theme,<br />"A shipwreck beyond salvage".Drakenoreply@blogger.com