New Series: Inter-Active Public Art #4 > QUACKERS @ City Hall



Let's have fun and play this with a straight-face, what you see is what you get or is it more, open to different interpretations?
It is remarkable that out of all the possible selections for a public bronze sculpture in front of Mesa City Hall by the cascading water that harks back to the pre-history origins of irrigation canals hand-dug by the indigenous people Hohokam and later exploited and advanced by the Mormon Pioneers who "founded" this city in 1878, what we get permanently installed in waymaking is this piece-of-work by an artist from Loveland, Colorado dedicated in 2004 . . . not a local artist and with no roots here where irrigation created rich agricultural lands fertile for early economic developments and expansion of suburban sprawl. A small child feeding crackers to two ducks. What are your interpretations of the piece?
Front-handed and back-handed dealings in City Hall antics? Or just what it is?

Here's the word-by-word description from the source indicated below:
This sculpture depicts a small boy holding a cracker toward a duck.
At the same time, the boy is holding a cracker behind his back that is being bitten by a different duck.
The sculpture was inspired by Nathan, the son of sculptor Mike Dwyer, who likes to interact with small animals.

The sculpture was purchased through the City of Mesa's Permanent Sculpture Panel and was dedicated in April 2004.
The sculpture can be visited 24 hours a day on the Northeast corner of Main St. and Center St. in downtown Mesa, AZ.
With this added:
Visit Instructions:
Please upload at least one photo of the sculpture and tell us a little about your impressions of the piece. Additional photos are always appreciated.


Source: http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM8V72_Quackers_Mesa_AZ