Tuesday, April 04, 2006

Glory to the proletarians

 In India, when you visit monuments or ruins of an empire, you hardly ever get to know who the architect of the building was or the name of the artist who sculpted out beautiful statues. They are usually not allowed to because the monument is the legacy of a king or queen and they dont want to share it with a low level nobody artist. But historians and archeologists have discovered time after time that artists often leave hidden signatures that are not visible to the ordinary observer. So is the case in the west too. The artists who worked on parliment hill building in the canadian capital Ottawa were told that they couldn't sign their names on any of their works. So they snuck in their signature by sculpting their faces on top of the pillars of a room.When the government found out , they couldn't do anything about it bcause Canada had a law that once the office/building has been opened to the public, they can't alter or demolish any of the art-work. :) Posted by Picasa

1 comment:

Rekha said...

Smart guys!!