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Old 04-30-2003, 11:05 AM   #2
floki
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Re: 4/30/2003: Statue of discarded army boots

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Originally posted by Undertoad
I was immediately reminded of the Watts Towers. For years and years, from the 20s through the 50s, Watts resident Simon Rodia collected trash (basically) and welded it together with his own homemade mortar to create 100-foot-tall towers: literally recycling garbage into art.
Here is a picture gallery featuring the Watts Tower. The colorful "tiles" remind me of the architectural works of the Austrian artist Friedensreich Hundertwasser.
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