torvald Posted April 21, 2006 Share Posted April 21, 2006 i guess i am being a bit bitter. there are just so many great figures to pull from houston's founders. even a young millie esperson? i guess i need to remember that it isn't for the city of houston it's really for a pay-per-park lot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbigtex56 Posted April 21, 2006 Author Share Posted April 21, 2006 she had a short stint on broadway - and the porn industry That's Julia Bond, not Julie Bond, you scamp. Probably Big Head In Porn Film is already an urban legend, thanks to you... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sevfiv Posted April 21, 2006 Share Posted April 21, 2006 That's Julia Bond, not Julie Bond, you scamp.Probably Big Head In Porn Film is already an urban legend, thanks to you... aww shucks - and i thought i had it all figured out (although if you google search "julie bond" - with quotations - the first result is yet another porn site for videos with a julie bond...heh). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbigtex56 Posted April 22, 2006 Author Share Posted April 22, 2006 Here's an idea: conceal inflatable breasts in the pedestal, to be revealed on festive occasions (Mardi Gras, Superbowl LXX, etc.) It could also be used as a fundraising device. "For every $1000 collected, she expands one cup size! And we're not leaving until Elegance turns into Anna Nichol! Remember...it's for the kids!" See how great art inspires creative thought? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
editor Posted April 23, 2006 Share Posted April 23, 2006 teacup breastThank you. I now have a phrase for that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbigtex56 Posted April 25, 2006 Author Share Posted April 25, 2006 Moved topic from 'Downtown' to a more appropriate forum . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sevfiv Posted April 25, 2006 Share Posted April 25, 2006 That's Julia Bond, not Julie Bond, you scamp.Probably Big Head In Porn Film is already an urban legend, thanks to you... okay, just to clear things up (because i know everyone is just dying to hear more about this)... Julie Bond, who is actually a he, has been in notable films such as Dungeon Drag Queens and Transexual's Revenge, and looks like this: see any resemblance? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TJones Posted April 25, 2006 Share Posted April 25, 2006 i do not recognize the woman...and i am not sure about the placement, either IT'S THE CORPSE BRIDE ! YIKES !!! Who wouldn't want a big statue of Randy Quaid? Can you imagine that? It would be so funny. We'll see how funny it is when we petition to put it in YOUR frontyard missy ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest danax Posted April 25, 2006 Share Posted April 25, 2006 okay, just to clear things up (because i know everyone is just dying to hear more about this)...Julie Bond, who is actually a he, has been in notable films such as Dungeon Drag Queens and Transexual's Revenge, and looks like this: see any resemblance? You could be on to something, dbig. The jaw line and cleft chin are just a little too masculine. And the eyes; they look almost Asian. I think it was modeled after Richard Chamberlain in Shogun. . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedScare Posted April 25, 2006 Share Posted April 25, 2006 You could be on to something, dbig. The jaw line and cleft chin are just a little too masculine. And the eyes; they look almost Asian. I think it was modeled after Richard Chamberlain in Shogun..Oh, this is getting f*ing weird.....it must be art! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wendyps Posted May 3, 2006 Share Posted May 3, 2006 This made the press this week too! HAIF got a HUGE acknowledgement, by basically writing most of the blub by posting our comments! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
torvald Posted May 3, 2006 Share Posted May 3, 2006 This made the press this week too! HAIF got a HUGE acknowledgement, by basically writing most of the blub by posting our comments! hooray! --- it's on page 17. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sevfiv Posted May 3, 2006 Share Posted May 3, 2006 http://www.houstonpress.com/Issues/2006-05.../hairballs.html Another Adickes AttackHouston sculptor David Adickes, who has given the world a giant Sam Houston, a giant George Bush and a giant telephone, has a new piece of art on display. It's a woman's head. (Giant, of course.) Sitting next to the light-rail line at Leeland and Main, the sculpture graces an abandoned drive-in bank now used as a parking lot. The critics at the Houston Architecture Forum are, it's safe to say, not impressed. The discussion boards at its Web site have an official name for the piece: "Big Head on Main Street." The general feel of the online conversation might be indicated by the fact that it includes pictures of The Simpsons' Cletus the Slack-Jawed Yokel. "In fairness, I just got a glimpse of the thing, but got the impression that it was the sort of sculpture one might buy at the airport as a last-minute gift, but on a grander scale," one poster wrote. "It's The Corpse Bride! Yikes!!" wrote another, obviously more a fan of Tim Burton than of Adickes. After the Houston Chronicle quoted passersby calling it "gorgeous" and "peaceful," a poster wrote, "That's not what the dude standing next to me at lunchtime said. 'What the f*ck is that' were his remarks...He thought it was a monument to drive-in banking." The perennially misunderstood Adickes could not be reached for comment, but then again we weren't using a giant phone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedScare Posted May 3, 2006 Share Posted May 3, 2006 My life is now complete. I've been quoted in the Houston Press. And I owe it all to HAIF (well...and that dude that said, "what the **** is that?). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dwelling Posted May 4, 2006 Share Posted May 4, 2006 There was an article in the Houston Chronicle about it last week.David W. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbigtex56 Posted May 4, 2006 Author Share Posted May 4, 2006 "The critics at the Houston Architecture Forum are, it's safe to say, not impressed."Not exactly, but close enough. Good plug, eh?Glad Richard Connelly found our comments amusing enough to use in his column, and hope it brings in more HAIFers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
torvald Posted May 4, 2006 Share Posted May 4, 2006 There was an article in the Houston Chronicle about it last week.David W.did it have any HAIF quotes? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbigtex56 Posted May 4, 2006 Author Share Posted May 4, 2006 did it have any HAIF quotes?There's a link to the Chronicle article at the top of this thread. It appeared about the same time this thread was started, so no HAIF members were quoted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
musicman Posted May 5, 2006 Share Posted May 5, 2006 There's a twin one located in the Dallas Museum of Fine Art AKA Northpark Mall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ricco67 Posted May 7, 2006 Share Posted May 7, 2006 In an article in the May issue of Houston Intown Magazine talks about the big head, construction and concept. While I wasn't really paying attention to the thread overall (but I did read it for the comedy), I thought it was interesting on what was supposed to be the concept of this thing.While it was supposed to be intended as a destination marker of sorts, I don't really see it happening unless the construction of the Pavillion takes place.Editor: Since the chron piece was made, has there been an influx? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
musicman Posted May 7, 2006 Share Posted May 7, 2006 In an article in the May issue of Houston Intown Magazine talks about the big head, construction and concept. While I wasn't really paying attention to the thread overall (but I did read it for the comedy), I thought it was interesting on what was supposed to be the concept of this thing.While it was supposed to be intended as a destination marker of sorts, I don't really see it happening unless the construction of the Pavillion takes place.Editor: Since the chron piece was made, has there been an influx?i know i went by it several times a week and didn't realize it was there til i saw this thread. yesterday i finally saw it. i think it goes well with the bank drive thru. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
editor Posted May 7, 2006 Share Posted May 7, 2006 I don't want to seem ungrateful for the Houston Press mention, but I checked the logs and it appears to have had zero impact on the number of people coming to HAIF. Still, it's nice when members of HAIF are recognized for their contributions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdude Posted May 8, 2006 Share Posted May 8, 2006 In an article in the May issue of Houston Intown Magazine talks about the big head, construction and concept. While I wasn't really paying attention to the thread overall (but I did read it for the comedy), I thought it was interesting on what was supposed to be the concept of this thing.While it was supposed to be intended as a destination marker of sorts, I don't really see it happening unless the construction of the Pavillion takes place.Editor: Since the chron piece was made, has there been an influx?And so what exactly is supposed to be the concept of this thing? Why would a vacant lot next to a vacant building need a destination marker to begin with, much less a big head? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ricco67 Posted May 8, 2006 Share Posted May 8, 2006 And so what exactly is supposed to be the concept of this thing? Why would a vacant lot next to a vacant building need a destination marker to begin with, much less a big head?Well, turns out the owner of the land is friends or something with the sculptor. Eventually when the site is built up, they're hoping they use it as a marker for people to meet at like they do at Grand Central station "information counter" in NYC. It's titled "looking forward".Maybe I'm not that bright, but other than the fact that it's facing the east towards a sunrise, I don't quite get it. The artist (who also created the big president's heads), is also making Statues for George, Paul, John, and Ringo that are going to be erected at I-10 @ Shepherd. To those of us that are too young to remember: they were a member of a band called "The Beatles". Why THAT particular location, I have no clue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spencer Street Posted May 8, 2006 Share Posted May 8, 2006 i think the head is much better loooking than the sculptures(?) look like giant dildos that are placed on corners around market square. i think those need to be taken down before they start doing something on the head. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MidtownCoog Posted May 9, 2006 Share Posted May 9, 2006 corners around market squareI noticed someone recently stole the two faces on one of these markers. This is on the south corner of Travis. I think they have been missing for about two weeks. Cool man-gargoyle things.Or maybe they are just on vacation? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
torvald Posted May 9, 2006 Share Posted May 9, 2006 i think the head is much better loooking than the sculptures(?) look like giant dildos that are placed on corners around market square. i think those need to be taken down before they start doing something on the head. which sculptures are they? i am drawing a blank or when i saw them they didn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdude Posted May 9, 2006 Share Posted May 9, 2006 Well, turns out the owner of the land is friends or something with the sculptor. Eventually when the site is built up, they're hoping they use it as a marker for people to meet at like they do at Grand Central station "information counter" in NYC. It's titled "looking forward".Maybe I'm not that bright, but other than the fact that it's facing the east towards a sunrise, I don't quite get it. The artist (who also created the big president's heads), is also making Statues for George, Paul, John, and Ringo that are going to be erected at I-10 @ Shepherd. To those of us that are too young to remember: they were a member of a band called "The Beatles". Why THAT particular location, I have no clue. It was my understanding that the sculptor had bought some parcels of land along freeways to use for displaying his works. At least I-10 @ Shepherd would have more visibility than that lot next to the Savoy where the Big Head is. Btw, there are only two degrees of separation between Adickes and myself. It turns out he is an acquaintance of an acquaintance. Big Head, Small World. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedScare Posted May 9, 2006 Share Posted May 9, 2006 which sculptures are they? i am drawing a blank or when i saw themthey didn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
torvald Posted May 9, 2006 Share Posted May 9, 2006 Why THAT particular band, I have no clue. Frankly (pun), big heads of ZZ Top would be far more impressive.birds could roost in the fabricated beard hair! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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