RE: [MLUG - DISCUSSION] library photos?

[Jonathan King <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

On Fri, 6 Sep 2002, Ross, Matt wrote:

> > OK, so it may or may not be great art, but we can already tell that 
> > it does have an effect on people.  That's more than I can say for 
> > any of the other sculpture in town that I can even remember (with 
> > the exception of the cool landscape mosaic benches downtown).
> 
> What about the columns downtown?  I'm not sure if they were from
> an old building or just made to look like it (not up on my
> columbia history), but either way, they were left up
> artistically, and I found them rather impactful.

Both sets of columns are interesting stories.  The ones on the 
quad were basically all that was left when the first academic 
building burned to the ground.  Keeping them up was an obvious 
memorial.  The columns by the courthouse are there, though, 
because it was decided (against many people's wishes) to tear 
down the building that was there; they basically left those 
columns standing as a sop to the protesters of that by-gone 
day.  They are indeed impactful and elegant, and very possibly 
because nobody was trying to hard.

> Other than that, I have to agree with you.  There may be other
> art in Columbia, but it had so little effect that I didn't
> notice it...

There's a statue by the courthouse that has interest because lots of 
kids play on it.  There are a few notable buildings around town.  
There are even a few very nice paintings in the university art 
museum.  But there isn't that much.

jking


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