For You Blue

As if I needed another reason to stay the hell out of Metry, and as far from their main “street” which is apparently defined as a traffic snarled, exhaust choked no-mans land of national franchises and manufactured ambiance littered with trash and all the other detritus of suburbia, now with sidewalks, shrubbery and art. The latest addition...

Artist George Rodrigue says the 16-foot aluminum dog being built in Lafayette will be the biggest artwork he's ever created…he expects it to be placed atop a 10-foot base in the Memorial Park area of Veterans Memorial Boulevard near Severn Avenue in Metairie. TP

But wait, it's even worse than you think.

The Veterans version of the sculpture will be painted in red, white, and blue and will rotate so that the colors can be shifted from time to time. To further enliven the monumental dog, Rodrigue plans to apply large-scale seasonal plastic stickers -- like those seen on public buses -- that might include the American flag, a Mardi Gras mask, and Christmas gifts.

This art offends me...