[AGL] Monuments to bad taste website

[Connie Clark]

Yep.
That's the same place

http://www.offthekuff.com/mt/archives/003236.html#003236


--- Fontaine Maverick <fmaverick at austin.rr.com> wrote:


> Okay, when Walt and I went to Houston about four

> years ago, Clark took us to 

> a place he called the Presidents Heads museum. It

> was not a museum, really, 

> but giant sculptures of every president - in a big

> lot in Houston somewhere 

> (maybe near the beer can museum/house?). I got a

> picture of Clark standing 

> in the shadow of Lyndon, but I cant find it. I have

> since looked for a 

> website, but could not find it either. Maybe you

> know.

> ----- Original Message ----- 

> From: "Connie Clark" <connie_3c at yahoo.com>

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> Sent: Wednesday, April 16, 2008 9:32 PM

> Subject: [AGL] Monuments to bad taste

> 

> 

> > One of the fotofest exhibits was located at the

> > warehouse studio of David Addicks.  If you have

> driven

> > south on 45 to Houston, outside of Huntsville

> there is

> > a giant Sam Houston statute.  Ok, I can appreciate

> it,

> > but, before long, I see another giant statute,

> Stephen

> > Austin down in Brazoria County seen from Hwy 288.

> > Hmmm, ok Austin first colony is down there.

> >

> > Then appeared this gawdawful head of a woman

> downtown

> > Houston - kinda like a Peter Max in three-D

> without

> > color.  The Beatles are in a park, and along one

> of

> > the freeways are four historical busts... this is

> > gettin ridiculous.

> >

> > All done by David Addicks.  So, the attached photo

> > shows he is still at it, evidently attempting to

> make

> > giant president heads to distribute who knows

> where.

> >

> > I understand that he and a sponsor proposed a

> giant

> > Texas Ranger in Waco, but were turned down by the

> City

> > Council who didn't really want it in their town.

> >

> > Connie

> >

> >

> >

> > 

> 

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