Showing posts with label statues. Show all posts
Showing posts with label statues. Show all posts

26 December 2008

Little Things, Cairo Kitsch


Where else but in Cairo can you find a store that sells plaster casts for your garden (?) and find a mixture of styles that sets your hairs on end and curls up your toes; a wingéd Niké, a Roman Emperor, a golfer, the Chef from the animated movie "Ratatouille", a huge pink flamingo, some classic guy with a major migraine, another chef, crocodile with gaping maw, hideously ugly pots, panther and a camel 

08 December 2008

Litte Things, Poor Bastard Reprise

Just gleaned a bit of Intel on the statue to be executed. For all you conservators, this should give you a couple of jollies: the head is actually a cast from the original from the BM or the Louvre or any other major museum in the world. It had been fixed on the torso before the people responsible realized that the colour was way off and, here's the kicker, the material of which it was made deteriorates quite quickly in direct sunlight. I mean, Luxor is well known for it's cloudy skies and weak sun. It's not like it's in Africa or something.