“Los Angeles Police Chief William J. Bratton says the sculpture looks like ‘some kind of cow splat.’ Bratton, who seems personally insulted by the installation, says he first drove past the work and later walked back to see whether ‘it’s as ugly up close as it is when you’re driving by.’ Sounding mad enough to have the artist arrested, he says the answer is yes.”
The new LAPD headquarters gets all artified by Peter Shelton. The artist says the sculptures represent two bisons, two bears, two hippos or any other fat animal you can think of. Bratton states he also doesn’t understand what the sculptures have to do with police administration.
