Comments on: Why All the Fuss About Bloomingdale’s Boxer Girl?

By: monica newell

monica newell — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 21:57:47 +0000

It puzzles me that art is not appreciated for the truth within, even now. How many times have we been to the moon now? What?! Long live Boxer Girl!!!

By: Jake

Jake — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 16:56:49 +0000

Hey, people can voice their dissatisfaction with a mural. In my opinion, it’s awful. If my neighbor put it up in a such a conspicuous manner, I’d let them know my opinion – which they are free to accept or reject.

Oh, and whether it’s developer money or taxpayer money, the funding commission should have collaborated with he community as a whole before foisting this mural on everyone.

I mean, really, does anyone think this is good art? Honestly?

By: com

com — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 14:39:43 +0000

michael,
thats incorrect. its not taxpayer money. its developer’s money.
public art funds come from a different source.

By: Where Will the Next “Boxer Girl” Turn Up? - Housing Complex - Washington City Paper

Wed, 22 Jul 2009 18:10:12 +0000

[...] local news channel runs a story about their crazy preoccupations. The local listserv goes [...]

By: Alley Pissers Inspire Listserv Poetry - The Sexist - Washington City Paper

Alley Pissers Inspire Listserv Poetry - The Sexist - Washington City Paper — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 13:52:24 +0000

[...] live in the Bloomingdale neighborhood, home to residents who like to get upset about everything for no reason. The “Boxer Girl Mural” that recently popped up in the neighborhood inspired derision [...]

By: Michael

Michael — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 17:19:33 +0000

The real problem is that it was done with a DC government grant. This is (yet another) waste of taxpayers’ money.

By: On Boxer Girl « Music for Misanthropes

On Boxer Girl « Music for Misanthropes — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 17:05:46 +0000

[...] homeowner and the artist in to hear their objections. The City Paper’s Housing Complex blog wonders what the fuss is, as do I. In the news segment posted there, detractors object to… seeing the mural, and the [...]

By: JohnD

JohnD — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 17:22:27 +0000

Umm, this is painted on a private residence. What if she decided to paint her house bright purple, pink, and green? The last I remember we still have some private property rights in DC left. These neighbors need to get over themselves. Would they rather the neighborhood regress and they look out on abandoned houses, drug dealers, and prostitutes conducting their business in the alley? Each person is entitled to their own opinion, however if you don’t like it, don’t paint it on your house.

By: neil

neil — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 17:17:39 +0000

Lisa Marie! Great mural!

By: Amanda Hess

Amanda Hess — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 16:33:36 +0000

“I see it in my kitchen, in my basement, in my bathroom. It’s just in my face.”

God, I love my neighborhood.