Gothamist: Artist Would Transform Astor Place into Giant Casino

zstone

Tue, 05 Aug 2008 15:55:55 -0500

I like it without the gaudy banner.

yoplay

Tue, 05 Aug 2008 12:01:47 -0500

exactly Arnie should do it spontaneously. And not try to just do this for media...

Politburo

Tue, 05 Aug 2008 10:21:47 -0500

Is it really spontaneous when you have to announce it and get approval first?

NannyState

Tue, 05 Aug 2008 05:21:21 -0500

That cube isn't really even a cube. It has some varigated forms within it, like a Louise Nevelson sculpture, hardly "dice". The whole thing is so literal and cheesy that it almost makes me wish Claes Oldenburg had never existed. But I like Claes. I don't like Arnie, and his idea as well as him should both be realized at Fresh Kills.

yoplay

Mon, 04 Aug 2008 23:58:17 -0500

This is actually an interesting idea... when else do you have a big square like that to build something slightly off beat around it. there's been a number of spontaneous pieces done to that thing. She's looking around. NYC is one big casino, so it needs a big CRAPS table in the middle of it... beats that 15mill leaky scaffolding piece. He didn't look around.

TSOL

Mon, 04 Aug 2008 21:36:28 -0500

My eyes feel raped every time I see that eyesore "sculpture" and the trust fund gutter punks that congregate around it. They should haul it to the junk yard where Richard Serra's Tilted Arc fond its proper home.

Jen S

Mon, 04 Aug 2008 21:05:09 -0500

Did that guy REALLY suggest one rape a former pop star for fame?! What class. I hope he doesn't have kids.

the3rdbridge

Mon, 04 Aug 2008 20:55:11 -0500

@ Everybody. Why so elitist? This sounds fun. It's not quite as forward as I would like (firebombing the east village and building condos over the smoldering remains of "starving" artists), but I think its repellent quality needs to be welcomed nonetheless...

CR

Mon, 04 Aug 2008 20:16:09 -0500

"If you want to be famous, rape Britney Spears and you’ll get in the newspaper." You listening Apollo Braun?

Rfive

Mon, 04 Aug 2008 19:38:43 -0500

lead entry for stupid idea of the week...and its only monday.

eyekantspel

Mon, 04 Aug 2008 18:59:37 -0500

Instead of that, how about installing scaffolding near the cube with a couple of sprinklers and calling it a waterfall?

Rocknrope

Mon, 04 Aug 2008 18:32:22 -0500

Cheap, juvenile and unoriginal idea.

plk779

Mon, 04 Aug 2008 18:24:46 -0500

I think the agent is probably right.. but he lost me with the unnecessary capitalization of Work of Art.