Vienna is full of public art of all kinds. The Austrian city has a new installation, a water fountain commissioned by local officials to commemorate the municipal water system's 150th anniversary. The fountain was designed by the Viennese art group Gelitin. The fountain and sculpture titled WirWasser was unveiled on October 24. The fountain spouts with a different color each day, surrounded by a circular group of stylized figures of all shapes and sizes.
The public reacted negatively. Some have called it the ugliest fountain they've ever seen. Others objected to the €1.8 million price tag. The most charitable word one could say about it would be "whimsical," except the lack of smiles on any of the figures make that difficult. But beauty is in the eye of the beholder. People who would give the art the benefit of a doubt still object to the fact that you can't see the water at all unless you stand way back from the fountain, and you cannot sit near it because of the sculptures. Read more about WirWasser, and see more pictures at Oddity Central. -via Fark
(Image credit: Herzi Pinki)