Did Trump get a statue in Italy?

[JohnnyRingo]

He should take what he can get.

It seems there's another botched restoration where the results are laughable. At least if you don't mind fine art being defiled. Oh well, it's the internet, we can laugh.

Some say it looks like a potato head, and others say it looks like Donald Trump. Either way, it's hideous.

https://metro.co.uk/2020/11/12/sculpture-dubbed-the-potato-head-of-palencia-after-botched-restoration-13581081/


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[ornotna]

1. Damn!

What did they restore that with, a surplus Navy needle gun?

Italy is on a roll with these restorations.

[Grokenstein]

2. For my money, the funniest "restoration" is the Virgin Mary and Baby Jesus

...replacing Jesus' head with feckin' Pazuzu's.

[ornotna]

3. Is that for real?

I wouldn't be totally surprised.

[Grokenstein]

5. Unintentional, but otherwise real. Author of article thinks it looks like Maggie Simpson

https://www.shortlist.com/news/artist-restores-baby-jesus-statue-with-head-that-looks-weirdly-like-maggie-simpson

The statue of the Virgin Mary and Jesus has stood outside Ste Anne des Pins Catholic Church in Sudbury, northern Ontario, for the best part of a decade, and had been vandalised before. Finding the Son of God’s head laying decapitated on the floor was a regular occurrence but, in October last year, Father Gérard Lajeunesse arrived at the church one morning to find Jesus’ holy bonce had disappeared entirely.

Lajeunesse was told a replacement would cost between $6,000-$10,000 but, as if by divine intervention, local artist Heather Wise spotted the vandalism and offered to fashion a replacement head.

“I was so sad,” she told Sudbury.com. “My feelings were hurt when I saw it, because I thought, 'Who would do that?' It's just not a positive feeling to see that. I said, 'I'm an artist, I would like to fix it.'”

Unfortunately, though Heather had learnt sculpture, she has never carved stone before, prompting her to make this practice head out of clay. The new head was attached two weeks ago, with locals reportedly – and understandably – shocked and disappointed with its appearance.

As some people have pointed out, it bears more of a resemblance to Maggie Simpson than it does Jesus Christ. Much like the Ecce Homo, Heather’s not-so-handiwork is already proving a viral sensation.

Heather will have another bash at the head on stone after consulting a local headstone carving company for advice. If nothing else, you have to admire the effort, God bless her.

[Marie Marie]

4. Who in the Hell is doing these restorations?

I could do a better job and I can't even draw a decent stick figure.

[H2O Man]

6. Recommended.

Looks like him.

[Crunchy Frog]

7. I hate that kind of vandalism.

Make your own Trump statue, don't defile perfectly good non Trump ones.

[sinkingfeeling]

8. OMG, what a disaster.