late night oppo - art edition

"pip bip - choose Corrour" (hhgttg69) 01/01/2020 at 04:36 • Filed to: late night oppo, art, carsoftumblr

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Long Term Parking by Arman (1982)

height 19. 5m, 60 cars in concrete

Parc de sculpture Le Montcel, Jouy-en-Josas, France

facw > pip bip - choose Corrour 01/01/2020 at 05:33

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Quite a bit taller than your crop:

pip bip - choose Corrour > facw 01/01/2020 at 05:41

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yup, i stole the pic and info from Tumblr

facw > pip bip - choose Corrour 01/01/2020 at 05:52

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It is also apparently still there, even as the adjacent chateau undergoes major renovations.

Here it is in 8/2016 (top left):

And 6/2018:

Not many modern pictures that I can find,and most a watermarked images from stock photo sites, but here’s one that looks at least somewhat recent:

Honestly rusting away less than I’d expect...

You can compare to when it was newish:

facw > pip bip - choose Corrour 01/01/2020 at 05:58

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This was the most informative thing I found on it in a quick search: https://www.vintag.es/2018/09/long-term-parking-1982.html

facw > pip bip - choose Corrour 01/01/2020 at 06:02

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Also he apparently did the same things with tanks:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hope_for_Peace_Monument

Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available > facw 01/01/2020 at 12:09

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That must have been an expensive art piece, no doubt funded by the eccentric billionaire who owns the property it is on.

The cars were probably the cheap part; all that cement would bankrupt me!