..a wider view of this and this..
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)
11 replies on “snarling dogs”
Completely impressive these sculptures of dogs more true than nature. The story also is interesting, thank you.
Terrifiant .)
Yikes! It’s a good thing they are on a leash!
In this way, the sculpture now makes perfect sense.
Excellent work.
they look scary, but they don’t look like shepherds
excellent sculptures
Thanks for sharing this sculpture and its history. The sculpture’s idea and execulion are excellent–a way to bring history alive.
Also, thank you for your comments on my blog. 🙂
It doesn’t take much imagination to understand the terror of being attacked by such beasts. A scary image.
Excellent framing!
That’s a cool environmental work. Wander how the kid handled it.
super capture . i would wait for somebody to come in the middle of the action 😉