TOM OTTERNESS

I got to visit my old

NYC stomping grounds over the holidays.

We ate and drank good:

We went ice skating:

Wandered the 

High Line:

And got to see the 

natural sculpture of NYC:

Speaking of sculpture,

I was reminded how much I love the work of

Tom Otterness

when we made our way through the 

14th street subway station.

His work literally

litters the place:

His pudgy little 

characters are tucked into 

all manner of crack and crevice:

I wish I had time to track them all down,

but here are some other pieces he's done for assorted 

other places:

And while I love the work of Mr. Otterness,

he's not without controversy.

When he was young he made an

"art film"

(sic)

where he adopted a dog and then shot it.

He has apologized profusely for doing 

something so heinous in his youth,

but that didn't stop

someone from adding their own

unauthorized fake

Tom Otterness

sculpture to the subway.

Another reason I love

NYC!