The Fallas – Very OMG WOW! Sculptures From Spain
Monday, April 5th, 2010It’s part of an annual celebration involving a whole bunch of stuff but I’m most impressed by the quality of the design, sculpt, and paint job of these constructions – that will all (except for one chosen to be saved by vote) be destroyed as part of the festival.
The themes take jabs at events of the past year and often feature political figures (that us Americans have no clue about) – and much to the horror of corporate IP lawyers – also freely use cartoon and movie characters in decidedly not-approved poses. They’re also bawdy, lewd, and fairly racist. Altogether WAY more exciting than our corporate-sponsored, often bland and poorly sculpted, Rose Bowl Parade floats. Tons more on flickr here. Also here and here.
