UW Football Obelisk – A Phallus for the Ages
Friday, October 10th, 2008 | Contemporary Art
I’m visiting my home town of Madison, WI for the weekend and snapped a few pics of this bizarre and oddly compelling 48 ft. tall obelisk made from a pile of concrete footballs. The towering phallus is titled “Nail’s Tales,” by artist Donald Lipski and it stands outside University of Wisconsin’s Camp Randall football stadium.
Lipski is a prolific artist, his work influenced my thinking early on and it is worth spending some time with. If the obelisk were my creation I’d have been giggling at its unveiling as the gregarious football masses admired my phallus of balls.
The U.W. Badgers r.#33 face off against Penn State r.#6 tomorrow night (10/11/2008 7:00 PM) You can watch the game on ESPN.
Take a moment to peruse a few pics of obelisk related images. The Washington Monument, The obelisk outside the tomb of lady pharoh Hatshepsut, 16th Century Romans erecting an obelisk they stole from Egypt, and more!
2 Comments to UW Football Obelisk – A Phallus for the Ages
Indeed. Folks I have spoken to who know the artist Lipski confirm that it is a tongue in cheek at the establishment’s expense (literally). So is the bronze Alvarez sculpture. He was never that handsome.
Nice to see this. I appreciated your juxtapositions.
October 17, 2008