Comments on The World Needs A Stronger Blog...: Fuck Tom Otterness

Seriously?Who are these crazies who think it would...

2008-06-20T13:08:00.000-04:00

Seriously?

Who are these crazies who think it would be a great idea to raise money to pay someone who killed a dog for attention and not give it to the school? Think of the money going into his tax money lined pockets (he is a millionaire now off of government money) and then think of what good it could have done the school and all the great things it could have gotten for the children.

And if they really want to spend money on decorative lions then how about out of a whole world of wonderful artists they pick one that used hard work and skill to get noticed not murdering an innocent animal.

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Here is the article:
http://www.downtownexpress.com/de_268/undercover.html

Otterness lions
Tom Otterness, whose distinctive whimsical brass sculptures adorn Rockefeller Park and other parts of the city, may soon have a new project on his plate.

Several parents want Otterness to design a pair of glass lions to guard the entrance of the new Battery Park City library, which will open in 2010.

Dennis Gault, outgoing P.T.A. president at P.S. 89, and Tom Goodkind, a C.B. 1 member, are pushing for the lions because local children have already fallen in love with Otterness’s sculptures in Rockefeller Park, outside of P.S. 234 and elsewhere in the city.

Otterness agreed to make the sculptures at cost, meaning they could be more affordable than the community would expect, Goodkind told UnderCover. Otterness is in touch with the architects designing the Riverhouse condo building where the library will sit, and he will make a presentation to Community Board 1’s Battery Park City Committee July 1.

One group that didn’t jump on board is the P.S. 89 P.T.A., except for Gault. The rest of the P.T.A. preferred to reserve their efforts for fundraising that goes directly to the school, not to the library.

And while UnderCover would never look a gift lion in the mouth, we have to point out that some of Otterness’s past work is less savory than this feel-good project for school kids: Back in the ’70s, he adopted a stray dog, whom he killed on film, but the “artist” subsequently said he would never repeat such a heinous act again.

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(remember folks he may have filmed it in the 70's at 25, but he was still so proud of it he showed it off in the 80's as a video loop)

STOP Tom Otterness in Logan SquareRead this:http:/...

2008-04-23T17:24:00.000-04:00

STOP Tom Otterness in Logan Square
Read this:
http://www.westpennart.com/sculpture3.html

Or click here
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Another thing to remember, he says the act happene...

2008-04-19T01:54:00.000-04:00

Another thing to remember, he says the act happened in 1977, but the thing was shown in an art show in the mid eighties..! so a decade later he is still so proud of this he shows it off? How sorry is he again?

I seriously can't believe that Wichita State has nothing better to do with $450,000 plus $150,000 in "shipping" in STUDENT FEES than to pay this scum. No equipment to buy? No lower income students to help? They want to take those student's money and PAY TOM? Who the heck is running that school- one of Tom's relatives?

I love the "anon" defenses I see around. Yes it i...

2008-04-17T17:19:00.000-04:00

I love the "anon" defenses I see around. Yes it is gross to align yourself with such trash it's probably just one person who stands to lose money. Thank you for bloggers for making people aware. Keep it up because you know he is going to be out there scamming more states in the future into paying him acting like he is so sweet and whimsical and I wonder if the people in all those states trying to support their families like seeing those taxes deducted and being funneled into Tom's pockets. Take a look at your checks and wonder how you'll pay rent and just know your money went to help old Tom here be nice and comfortable while you struggle.

He's only apologizing now because he got caught. P...

2008-04-17T14:35:00.000-04:00

He's only apologizing now because he got caught. People started talking about it, so the PR move is to make a statement and say you're sorry. If he were really sorry, he would have been giving huge sums of the money he gets from our tax dollars to local shelters. If he actually did something to try to make it right (not sure that's possible, but a concerted effort to make amends would go a long way), maybe he's deserve forgiveness. But just saying he's sorry and making a lame excuse 30 years after the fact isn't enough to convince me.

The fact that he was physically and mentally CAPAB...

2008-04-17T12:40:00.000-04:00

The fact that he was physically and mentally CAPABLE of committing SUCH a heinous act is unforgivable.

His statements of remorse are weak and transparent. Actions speak louder than words. No one in their right mind would or could do that to a defenseless living creature. No one. He is no better than a murderer, a pedophile or a rapist. They're all fucked up and saying "sorry" for something such as that is too little, too late.

Its not the act of forgiveness or the admittance of guilt or regret, its the FACT that he was capable of doing such a thing. And that renders everything he does or says absolutely useless.

He was a starving artist in NYC? wow. haven't heard that before.

Imagine if all the starving artists in NYC turned to killing dogs as art?

I was a young artist having a very rough time. I h...

2008-04-17T10:16:00.000-04:00

I was a young artist having a very rough time. I had anger at myself and at the world. What I did was symbolic of how I was feeling internally and it is something I would never do today.

No way Nick that's not remorse...it's a weak excuse! I won't let it go either. To hell with Tom Otterness!

but he sounds very remorseful, i'm inclined to for...

2008-04-17T03:21:00.000-04:00

but he sounds very remorseful, i'm inclined to forgive him personally

Click this. Since the text link might break.

2008-04-16T21:03:00.000-04:00

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Tom darling can't be bothered? So this Brooklyn ey...

2008-04-16T21:00:00.000-04:00

Tom darling can't be bothered? So this Brooklyn eyesore isn't even new? It's just a knock-off recycle of his Beverly Hills piece from 2005/06?

http://www.beverlyhills.org/presence/connect/CoBH/Homepage/For+Residents/News+and+Information/Uplink+Archives/RES-CM-200512_03_Otterness

Wow he can't be bothered to use our Taxes to conjour something new! Seriously is this psycho just laughing at everyone as he counts his free money and fairytales and sculpts himself into his work? Who else are all those money bag creatures supposed to be?

THANK YOU! I am shocked he has flown under the ra...

2008-04-16T18:34:00.000-04:00

THANK YOU! I am shocked he has flown under the radar for so long with this. His reward time is over time to pay for his hatred. His limp apology is nothing, NEVER in all my life would I have done something so vile. Why is he being rewarded? I hope the free money he gets from taxes is over. It's one thing if people want to support trash like him with their own money but another to find our money is robbed from us to support him. I want my MONEY given the the SHELTERS to help the animals not the "artist" who killed an innocent animal. Think of the joy that poor dog felt being adopted, the love he felt, the little dog smile following his new "dad"- then shot for fun by this scum. It is unforgivable. He has stolen enough public funds, it needs to stop now.

Cruelty to a defenseless creature IS unforgivabl...

2008-04-16T09:51:00.000-04:00

Cruelty to a defenseless creature *IS* unforgivable. that should've read.

Cruelty to a defenseless creature unforgivable.And...

2008-04-16T09:50:00.000-04:00

Cruelty to a defenseless creature unforgivable.

And this went beyond cruelty.

Whoa, that's a lot of hate.I think twenty years is...

2008-04-16T09:46:00.000-04:00

Whoa, that's a lot of hate.

I think twenty years is a long time to hold a grudge against some guy who killed your dog, no?

Oh wait, it wasn't even YOUR dog? Then dude, LET IT GO.