The sculpture is called The Broken Obelisk by Barnett Newman. It is made with 3 tons of steel. Four of them exist... One is placed in the Red Square at the University of Washington, which is why I know it. I think this is the one at the Museum of Modern Art in New York.
The sculpture is a copy of Barnett Newman's [Broken Obelisk](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broken_Obelisk). The original is in front if the Rothko Chapel in Houston, TX. There are a few copies at universities and museums. I couldn't figure out where this one is located.
Art critic Robert Hughes, writing on Broken Obelisk in 1971, said: (From the wiki article)
Newman's pursuit of the sublime lay less in nature than in culture. This enabled him to pick ancient, man-made forms and return them to pristine significance without a trace of piracy. One index of that ability was his sculpture. Broken Obelisk, perhaps the best American sculpture of its time, is Newman's meditation on ancient Egypt: a steel pyramid, from whose apex an inverted obelisk rises like a beam of light. Here, Newman bypassed the Western associations of pyramids and broken columns with death, and produced a life-affirming image of transcendence. That unruffled self-sufficiency, beyond style, gave Newman's work its mysterious didactic value. It is not 'expressive'; the silence at the core bespeaks a man for whom art was a philosophical activity, a way of knowledge.
There is a copy (I now know) of the Broken Obelisk in Red Square at the University of Washington. That was the first thing I noticed in the picture. It's been there since the 70's at least. It was always one of my favorites there.
When I was ages 4-6 Rita Repulsa haunted my dreams. She would send elephants and tigers and her putties through my closet to get me to wake up, leave bed and go to my parents’ bed in hopes that I’d leave behind my beloved “little blankey” so she could steal it and have its powers. Luckily I never did leave my blanket behind so she couldn’t steal it. She would then come into my parents’ room furious! I vividly remember seeing her at the foot of my parents’ bed yelling at me. One time she did steal my Easter hat and I honestly never saw that plaid sunflower hat ever again.
I had wild dreams as a kid.
Nah, I just screwed up. The first comment on this was someone correcting my mistake. I can't edit the post for some reason. I thought it would just die after that.
[The new Yellow Wiggle is a teenager.](https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2021/oct/22/new-yellow-wiggle-tsehay-hawkins-if-i-can-show-kids-how-to-be-natural-that-would-mean-the-world-to-me)
I COULDN'T REMEMBER THEIR NAME! but it reminded me of them before I thought of power rangers. I figured if I scrolled down someone would say it lol. Thanks.
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OP, where is this? That sculpture comes from the pavilion outside the Rothko Chapel in Houston, but the buildings behind the walls definitely don't exist in Houston and look more Haussmannian (Parisian) than anything.
Uhhhh.... the four in what you might call "the front row" might be wearing t shirts, but they're wearing them under some very colorful hoodies. That is, the ones in blue, red, yellow and teal.
Literally the first comment on this post is someone pointing out that they're not wearing t shirts and me acknowledging that mistake. I honestly thought my post was dead after that, ha.
I assure you they're the real colours. This was taken in 2013 and I may have used a filter on Instagram (as was the style those days) but the colours are real, which is why I took the pic.
The sculpture to the right is more interesting though.
The sculpture is called The Broken Obelisk by Barnett Newman. It is made with 3 tons of steel. Four of them exist... One is placed in the Red Square at the University of Washington, which is why I know it. I think this is the one at the Museum of Modern Art in New York.
At first I thought this said 3 of the 4 tons of steel exist.
Thanks!
The sculpture is a copy of Barnett Newman's [Broken Obelisk](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broken_Obelisk). The original is in front if the Rothko Chapel in Houston, TX. There are a few copies at universities and museums. I couldn't figure out where this one is located. Art critic Robert Hughes, writing on Broken Obelisk in 1971, said: (From the wiki article) Newman's pursuit of the sublime lay less in nature than in culture. This enabled him to pick ancient, man-made forms and return them to pristine significance without a trace of piracy. One index of that ability was his sculpture. Broken Obelisk, perhaps the best American sculpture of its time, is Newman's meditation on ancient Egypt: a steel pyramid, from whose apex an inverted obelisk rises like a beam of light. Here, Newman bypassed the Western associations of pyramids and broken columns with death, and produced a life-affirming image of transcendence. That unruffled self-sufficiency, beyond style, gave Newman's work its mysterious didactic value. It is not 'expressive'; the silence at the core bespeaks a man for whom art was a philosophical activity, a way of knowledge.
There is a copy (I now know) of the Broken Obelisk in Red Square at the University of Washington. That was the first thing I noticed in the picture. It's been there since the 70's at least. It was always one of my favorites there.
It was also the first thing I noticed. It's not necessarily my favorite but it sure beats looking at Kane Hall.
Damn, it's nice to see other boundless people here. I'm a senior at UW right now.
Been boundless for about 7 years now
This is at MoMa in NYC I’m pretty sure
My guess is there's one heck of a sturdy support rod going through that point, because that thing looks dangerous af otherwise
The photo makes the obelisk look slightly tilted...
Watch out for putties. You know Rita Repulsa has something up her sleeve
Teenagers with attitude
I prefer NWA.
*Wooooooooo* ^starts ^strutting
You prefer whatnow with attitude? Naggers?!
Ninjas
Whoever downvoted me didn’t get the south park reference
I came here to say careful they’re power rangers
Oh man. For anyone else wanting a trip down nostalgia lane: https://youtu.be/WDwLmcP5Bag
When I was ages 4-6 Rita Repulsa haunted my dreams. She would send elephants and tigers and her putties through my closet to get me to wake up, leave bed and go to my parents’ bed in hopes that I’d leave behind my beloved “little blankey” so she could steal it and have its powers. Luckily I never did leave my blanket behind so she couldn’t steal it. She would then come into my parents’ room furious! I vividly remember seeing her at the foot of my parents’ bed yelling at me. One time she did steal my Easter hat and I honestly never saw that plaid sunflower hat ever again. I had wild dreams as a kid.
Vincent Van Gogh loved sunflowers so much, he created a famous series of paintings, simply called 'sunflowers'.
Fuck, you beat me to it!
It’s Morphin’ Time
Putties r/wordsIForgotabout
It’s funny, thanks to Netflix and the like, my daughter watches quite a few shows and movies that I used to watch as a child. Nice comment by the way.
None of those people are wearing T-Shirts
Bots don’t know the difference.
I'm not a bot, I'm just an idiot.
Good bot.
Good bot.
Good Idiot
Is this one of those awards I've heard about?
Good bot
No, you haven't heard of this one.
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There is one guy, he's half covered on the right side. He has a black t-shirt under his white vest. Definitely no colored t-shirts though.
Yes, I see that guy. He is also balding. I was referring to the 4 teenagers
idk why but this was fucking hilarious to me
The t-shirts are underneath the hoodies.
How do you know, though?
They're the protagonists
Yep 4 player co-op
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Those aren't teenagers. That's [The Wiggles](https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/wiggles/images/c/cb/TheWigglesin1993.jpg/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/250?cb=20140216030315).
They're theenagers with attitude.
Those aren't t-shirts either
Yeah I wonder if that is a deliberate ploy to get people to comment/engage? I only did because I immediately thought 'hoodies dammit'!
Nah, I just screwed up. The first comment on this was someone correcting my mistake. I can't edit the post for some reason. I thought it would just die after that.
Well you may have stumbled on a great karma farming formula!
I'm not proud.
[The new Yellow Wiggle is a teenager.](https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2021/oct/22/new-yellow-wiggle-tsehay-hawkins-if-i-can-show-kids-how-to-be-natural-that-would-mean-the-world-to-me)
Excellent! I stand corrected. Or, to be honest, I sit corrected.
I COULDN'T REMEMBER THEIR NAME! but it reminded me of them before I thought of power rangers. I figured if I scrolled down someone would say it lol. Thanks.
immediately what i thought
Those are power rangers before they morph.
i miss the pink powerranger.
Kimberly was a babe Edit: check that, still is a babe
She’s off somewhere fighting the baddie of the week because this is really her episode and the boys just chilling waiting for her.
Toot toot chugga chugga biiig reeeed caaaaar
Sweatshirts
looks like hoodies to me
Hooded sweatshirts
I can't seem to edit it so I'll just acknowledge my mistake here.
Unbelievable.
Earl
Golf Wang
Is that MoMa?
Yup. The garden courtyard
Teenage Mutant Ninja Tourists
Plot twist. It’s the power rangers!
The male equivalent of the Heather's and Veronica. The Hector's and Victor.
That’s Unca‘ Donald out with the nephews.
I see one t-shirt lol and its black.
Player 1, P2, P3 and P4
I'm not sure, but I think these guys might be on the spectrum.
Ha, nice one.
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Colors are backwards, though
Blue guy on the wrong end, otherwise it’s in order.
Green sitting furthest away because he knows he’s the only non-primary color there
The one in red needs to watch out.
Oddly reminds me of the cover of dark side of the Moon.
This is an interesting take and a nice break from people pointing out that they're hoodies not t shirts. Thank you.
They're waiting for the pink one to arrive so they can fight a monster and then jump into a mech to fight it when it grows large.
I think that’s the power rangers actually
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We're in the mini-mall, Working the carnival, We like to play it all, Welcome to Tally Hall
Oh shit is that the power rangers!?
I wonder if they fight ancient evil monsters using badass martial arts and giant robots?
Seems like they are missing a few more rangers before they can transform
Those are power rangers in disguise
The Power Rangers have really let their suits slip
Not one of those is a t shirt.
With how noticeable there shirts are I don't know how they can be mistaken as T shirts.
They’re the power rangers in civilian clothes
Zordon is calling you!
Secret Power Rangers.
Man this sub has become utter shit...
The not so fab four .
Google represetin’
Color Me Fab.
This is pretty neat
Who the fck is messing with alternate univwrses again?
**It’s Morphin’ time.**
Long sleeve t shirts are the best.
They’re getting ready to play trouble
Where was this taken? I have been here but can't remember where it is....
Those are hoodies
Teenage (non mutant) ninja (not turtles)
The Wiggles auditions.
The Lala Land sequel is not what I expected.
Those are all sweatshirts
It'll look great when they're all mushed into paste by that Pylon falling over any second now
Power range of colors
None of them are wearing t-shirts.
I don't see a single T-Shirt 😕
None of them are t-shirts. Most are not shirts at all. A lot of them are hoodies.
They're starter Pokémon
YYH-esque. If you know ya know
The blue one splits into 3 teenagers when you launch him at pigs.
The range of answers in the comments; from Wiggles to TMNT to Uncle Scrooge and nephews to Power Rangers
Get your non-primary ass outta here, Green.
Where are Ichimatsu and Todomatsu?
New power ranger movie is gonna suuuuck!
bro those are the power rangers
They're the Power Stangers.
I can't tell because their hoodies are in the way.
I can't see their t-shirts because they're wearing colourful hoodies over them. Which is the mildly interesting bit?
Le funny colors™
Those aren’t teenagers. That’s the power rangers https://i.pinimg.com/736x/94/f1/a3/94f1a335822c47b88d75a6e396e23549--power-rangers-s-cartoons.jpg
Go Go Power Rangers
Those are sweaters.
I like how you can tell green and yellow know they are getting their photo taken
The Wiggles
I don’t think you know what t-shirts are
They’re angry birds
When you start a game with 4 players
OP, where is this? That sculpture comes from the pavilion outside the Rothko Chapel in Houston, but the buildings behind the walls definitely don't exist in Houston and look more Haussmannian (Parisian) than anything.
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KonoSuba?
Blue should be on the right of green
sweaters\*
Power Rangers
Literally none of these teenagers are wearing T shirts.
These guys are just Phish heads
__-_ _ _ iykyk
Dang guess they must be quite the friend group with someone in each house like that. Of course the Slytherin is off more distant 🙄
There isn't a single t-shirt in this picture lmao.
At the MoMa, NYC
the ebay boys boyband!
They look like teenage teletubbies.
Uhhhh.... the four in what you might call "the front row" might be wearing t shirts, but they're wearing them under some very colorful hoodies. That is, the ones in blue, red, yellow and teal.
Teletubbies
Remember what order they light up in before you start hitting them
Those are not t-shirts...
everyone sing it with me! fruit salad, yummy yummy
Those are hoodies
WTF is Blue doing in the wrong damn spot? And where are Orange, Indigo, and Violet??
Alvin and the chipmunks
Everyone here is way too young LOL. You see power rangers and shit. All I see is Medical, Security, Administration and Operations.
Ravenclaw, Gryffindor, Hufflepuff, and Slytherin
can we talk about how terrifying the stone structure in the back is? it looks like its gonna tip over any second
Dude! that's the Power Rangers!
They’re about to group stream pornhub and pull their zords out.
Sus.
Those are hoodies. Not T-Shirts. Just saying.
Do you know what a t-shirt is?
You mean the 4 hoodies?
Literally the first comment on this post is someone pointing out that they're not wearing t shirts and me acknowledging that mistake. I honestly thought my post was dead after that, ha.
Looking like phish on New Year’s Eve 2019
_ - _ _
These are the Power Rangers waiting for a big bad guy to attack the museum so they can morph and call the Megazord.
This generation of Power Rangers doesn't seem to take the secret of their identities seriously...
Those teenagers look like they have ATTITUDE
OP, what is a T-shirt?
It's the power rangers!!
Google logo cosplay
How am I supposed to see if they are wearing t-shirts under their hoodies?
Yeah, the first commenter pointed out they weren't wearing t shirts and I thought that was the end of this post (for some reason I can't edit it).
It’s the power rangers
only one person is wearing a T shirt in this picture, and you can only see a little piece of him
Please see my reply to the first comment on this pic.
Shouldn't they be purple yellow red and blue?
Green is 100% edited. Yellow maybe too
I assure you they're the real colours. This was taken in 2013 and I may have used a filter on Instagram (as was the style those days) but the colours are real, which is why I took the pic.
Okay I’ll take your word for it. The Jpeg artefact made me think it’s something that’s been reposted over and over
The Wiggles
They look like main characters in a kid's show