Giant Turd Balloon Flew Away

By Alex in Art on Aug 15, 2008 at 12:03 am

Oh, I can just imagine the fun to be had by newspaper reporters when they turn in the story about this giant inflatable turd that blew away from a Swiss museum:

A giant inflatable dog turd brought down a power line after being blown away from a Swiss museum.

The artwork, entitled Complex Shit, was carried 200 metres on the night of 31 July, reportedly breaking a greenhouse window before it landed again.

The sculpture, by American artist Paul McCarthy, was equipped with a safety system that should have deflated it.

Apparently, it was a floater Link

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SenorMysterioso
Aug 15th, 2008 at 12:25 am
I read”giant inflatable dog turd” and thought wtf but then saw that it was by Paul McCarthy and it all made sense. Ive seen some of his other work and giant doggy doo is tame for him
Thomas
Aug 15th, 2008 at 12:47 am
Who builds a safety system into a giant dog turd?
zazie
Aug 15th, 2008 at 3:21 am
haha!
Lionheart
Aug 15th, 2008 at 5:54 am
Another mediocre artist trying to be controversial.
Jimbo
Aug 15th, 2008 at 9:45 am
I hear it now. An old man setting on his front porch looking up in the sky and seeing that. “Mable, come and look at the size of that dick on this bug!” .:)
unbelievable
Aug 15th, 2008 at 10:02 am
The best headline I read was on the msn Windows Live Today page: “Giant Turd Wreaks Havoc”.
Thomas
Aug 15th, 2008 at 11:11 am
That’s the headline I see in my head under the president’s picture.
dananswers
Aug 15th, 2008 at 11:30 am
best … headline … evar
the prophet
Aug 15th, 2008 at 11:35 am
Wow. That is amazing, I wish I could have seen a huge inflatable turd do that.
matt
Aug 15th, 2008 at 11:39 am
Yeah, this isn’t Paul trying to be controversial. I could understand people saying that about other pieces of his (even though I’d beg to differ). man… the things he does with ketchup, masks, a barbie doll, and his rectum… yikes.
Jaycatt
Aug 15th, 2008 at 11:44 am
Like a lot of people, when I first saw this article, I thought it was Paul McCartney, not Paul McCarthy. I just attributed it to Beatle wackiness!
Eisenhardt
Aug 15th, 2008 at 2:12 pm
It must have missed the fan & kept on going!
Johnny Cat
Aug 15th, 2008 at 9:57 pm
up, up and away in my beautiful, my beautiful balloon.
Jamie Grove - Awesome Mustache
Aug 16th, 2008 at 9:39 am
Too bad it didn’t blow into a wind farm… That would lead to a headline that no newspaper could resist.

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