Unyanzvi hwemagariro evanhu nguva dzose hunotarisana nharo, uye muSan Diego , zvido zvinotanga kumhanya pane zvishoma-kupfuura-zvinyorwa. Zvigamba zvema dolphins nevabati vehove hazvingakonzereri kuputika, asi chero chinhu chipi zvacho chinogadziriswa chichaita kuti vanhu vakacheme. Ikoko pane chimwe chifananidzo chakakonzera kuwedzera, kupfuura kukwikwidza, pamwe chete nepamusoro-level yezvinonyadzisa chuckles. Ichimiridza kufamba kukuru kwechirwere, vashandi vezvipatara nevarwere veScripps Green Hospital inotaurirwa mufananidzo wakavezwa se "Scripps Turd" iyo inoramba ichizivikanwa nhasi.
The Abstract Sculpture, Okeanos , aka "The Scripps Turd"
The Scripps Turd is an abstract bronze sculpture anonzi Okeanos nevanonzi William Tucker. Tucker ndiyo nyanzvi yezvino kuBritish uye nyanzvi yeyanzvi yakaberekerwa muCairo, Egypt . Tucker akaenda kuYunivhesiti yeOxford muna 1955 kusvika muna 1958 uye akaenderera mberi achidzidza zvinyorwa paSt Martin's School of Art muLondon pasi pemudzidzisi uye mutungamiri Anthony Caro. Akabva atambira zvikwereti zvakasiyana uye kukudzwa kwebasa rake, zvakadai se:
- The Guggenheim Fellowship for Creative Arts muna 1986
- The International Sculpture Center's Lifetime Achievement in Contemporary Sculpture muna 2010
- Zita re National Academician paNational Academy Museum muna 2011
Pakazosvika 1988 na2001, vanhu vanotyaira pamwe neNorth Torrey Pines Road muLa Jolla havana mubvunzo vakaona ruzivo rwakakura rwaTucker 13-foot pamberi peScripps Green Hospital. Pasinei nekushungurudzika kwevoruzhinji kune chidimbu chechidimbu, chifananidzo chemazana 3,500-pound chakatumirwa madhora 200 000 muna 1987.
Mari yacho yakabva kuvabatsiri mukuremekedzwa kwaFrank J. Dixon, Mutungamiri weInisangano kwemakore 25.
Tucker anonzi mifananidzo pashure pemwari wechiGiriki wehova nemakungwa, Okeanos kana Ὠκεανός (Ōkeanós), anonziwo Oceanus. Okeanos yaiva Titan yakamirira gungwa uye yaiva mwanakomana wedangwe weUranus uye Gaia.
Tucker akati iyo fomu, kwaari, yakaratidza gungwa regungwa, uye rakarumbidzwa nevatsoropodzi vakawanda apo rakaziviswa.
Kutsiurwa uye Kudzokorora kweChoto kubva muna 1988-2001
Michael Brenson, uyo aimbova muongorori wemifananidzo weThe New York Times, akanyora nezveOkeanos muna 1988:
"Mifananidzo iyi inoputika iyo inoita sokuti inoputika pasi uye inoputika semhepo, inoratidza kuti kwete mvura chete asiwo makore uye zvinomera uye nhengo dzevanhu."
Maiwe, vanhu vose havana kunzwa saizvozvo. Uyewo haana kupa mutsigiri Edythe H. Scripps, uye saka "The Turd" yakasunungurwa muna 2001. "Ndave ndichiedza kubvisa chinhu ichocho kwemakore," Scripps akati kuUnited-Tribune muna 2001. "Ndine chokwadi Ndinofara kuiona ichienda. "Nokudaro, mufananidzo wakaendeswa kune imwe nzvimbo inonyanya kuonekwa kumabvazuva kweScripps Research Institute, pakona yaJohn Jay Hopkins Drive uye General Atomics Court. Kufambisa mufananidzo kuhofisi yepasi kunodhura chikwama che $ 40,000.
Kubvuma kune rusununguko rwemaonero, uye chikamu cheOkeanos chinogona kuwanikwa panzvimbo iyo yataurwa pamusoro peavo vanofunga kuti inoita sechinhu chinoshandiswa.