Folks in a suburb of Orlando are not happy with the city's commissioned statue of Martin Luther King Jr., which ended up looking more like a caricature than the man himself.
Check it out:
It's like an MLK bobblehead!
‘It looks awkward. It just didn't [live] up to the standards that Winter Park is so well known for,' Jonathan Blount, co-founder of Essence Magazine, told Winter Park commissioners at a July 23 City Commission meeting.
‘…Do it over. It just isn't good enough for a permanent, lifelong representation of someone that is just so important to our history.'
The artist Luy defended the sculpture, saying it was never intended to be realistic:
Enlarging King's feet and shoes, for example, were representative of his metaphoric ‘big shoes to fill,' while his left arm was adjusted to emphasize the ‘weight and power' of the book held in that hand. His head was enlarged to maintain visibility from multiple vantage points in the park and surrounding streets.
I mean at least it's a recognizable attempt at sculpting a human being. It could always be worse.
Like for example, "The Embrace," which is supposed to be Martin Luther King Jr and his wife's arms, but how anyone would know that without a manifesto explaining it is beyond me.
I'll take the Winter Park MLK any day over that nonsense.
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