This sculpture is one of several “interactive” monuments in Kelly Ingram Park, north of the Baptist church where a KKK bomb killed four young African-American girls in 1963. Artist James Drake’s 1991 work depicts snarling police dogs made of scrap iron leaping inward from two walls on either side of the park’s walkway. Visitors can stand between and try to imagine the terror when civil rights marchers were assaulted with the canines and water cannons — which, by the way, are also in the park, and can be pivoted to point toward a sculpture of two cowering protesters. (source)
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after the wooden sculptures, welcome metallic ones 🙂 a great one
That’s very cool. The monument prompts me to remember… I can still visualize those old black and white images of the police assaults with their dogs. Fantastic post.
Great capture of this vicious looking beast.
That is an ominous presence. I wasn’t even sure what it was on first viewing.
interesting this series of sculptures, in this one i like the brilliant blur effect in background
that’s awful, racism is satanic
Dogs can really be scarey. great angle.
i’ve always seen the films using german shepherds and this doesn’t look like a shepherd to me
Bouhhhh Impressionnant !…
Ton explication, c’est affreux.)
I like this dramatic action in this statue. Fine work…and good shot to capture it’s look.