Modern art is awesome!
There is a gay porn sculpture in the foyer by the front entrance to my apartment building. It's kind of awesome.
It wasn't there when I left for my trip to Europe two weeks ago, but they've been doing a lot of redecorating in my building, and I thought they were finished before I left, but I guess the last step was to add pieces of modern art in random places to make the place look more tasteful. And one of those pieces was apparently a small sculpture of two naked guys kissing that was placed in such a way as to be the very first thing anyone would see as they were entering the building.
So I came back from my trip pretty late on Sunday evening, and I didn't notice it on Monday morning as I was going to work, but as I was coming back home, all jet-lagged and irritable, I caught a glimpse of it out of the corner of my eyes, and had to stop and stare, because... was that *really* a sculpture of two naked guys kissing, or was I just hallucinating from jet lag? And suddenly, my jet lag didn't feel nearly as bad, because hee! There is a gay porn sculpture just standing there on a small table by the intercom in the foyer of our building! How awesome is that?!
I suspect that I'm going to be stopping and staring at that sculpture every time I pass it from now on. Yesterday, I actually stood there for a while, trying to determine from all angles if the sculpture was too modern to be, er, anatomically correct, until the thought of how embarrassed I would be if I were ever caught by one of our building's older residents as I was looking for private bits got me moving again.
Actually, I've got to admit that even without the gay porn sculpture, the hall of my building looks much better now. I kind hated the new carpet when they first put it in, but now that everything is finished, it actually does look fairly stylish. And hey, anything would better than the inexplicable fleurs de lis that we used to have everywhere before this.
But the gay porn is definitely what gives it that final touch of je ne sais quoi, you know? :D
Maybe, if I remember when I get home, I might post pictures. *g*
ETA: You know, as people started asking for pictorial proof, I was suddenly afraid that the actual sculpture was less porny than I remembered, and the pictures would not live up to my description. But now that I've seen it again, I'm no longer worried. That's still totally a sculpture of two naked men kissing, just as I remembered. :D
Here is the view from the door as I come into the building:
And here are a couple of close-up pictures:
Also, I'll have you know that one of the more elderly residents of my building actually did catch me taking those close up pictures of that sculpture, and now I'm all embarrassed, and it's ALL YOUR FAULT! (*blushes and giggles like a 12-year-old* HEE!)
(And, *cough*, for the record, before the elderly resident appeared and nearly caused my death by embarrassment, I did check some more for naughty bits, and have come to the conclusion that you actually *can* see something, if you, uh, really look for it. Or maybe I was just looking too hard... (*blushes some more* - damn fair skin! *g*))