This seems to follow a pattern of unfortunate memorial sculptures in recent decades. Near the National Mall in DC, we have the MLK Memorial that looks like a Maoist Chinese propaganda piece; the FDR Memorial emphasizing his hated wheelchair that he wanted private and a section about New Deal programs that is indecipherable, and it takes…
This seems to follow a pattern of unfortunate memorial sculptures in recent decades. Near the National Mall in DC, we have the MLK Memorial that looks like a Maoist Chinese propaganda piece; the FDR Memorial emphasizing his hated wheelchair that he wanted private and a section about New Deal programs that is indecipherable, and it takes up an inordinate amount of acreage; the Korean War Memorial with a wonderful design of soldiers on patrol, but purposely grotesque faces; and the new Eisenhower Memorial which is mostly just a large concrete pad with weird large columns to nowhere. One side is Ike as president with a group of indistinguishable White House advisors in 1950s suits; the other side a wonderful depiction of Gen Eisenhower meeting with 101st Abn troops in the hours before D-Day - although the real faces are replaced with generic ones. All are poor relative to the wonderful 19th and early 20th century memorials to Washington, Jefferson, and Lincoln.
This seems to follow a pattern of unfortunate memorial sculptures in recent decades. Near the National Mall in DC, we have the MLK Memorial that looks like a Maoist Chinese propaganda piece; the FDR Memorial emphasizing his hated wheelchair that he wanted private and a section about New Deal programs that is indecipherable, and it takes up an inordinate amount of acreage; the Korean War Memorial with a wonderful design of soldiers on patrol, but purposely grotesque faces; and the new Eisenhower Memorial which is mostly just a large concrete pad with weird large columns to nowhere. One side is Ike as president with a group of indistinguishable White House advisors in 1950s suits; the other side a wonderful depiction of Gen Eisenhower meeting with 101st Abn troops in the hours before D-Day - although the real faces are replaced with generic ones. All are poor relative to the wonderful 19th and early 20th century memorials to Washington, Jefferson, and Lincoln.