A floating sculpture made from thousands of colourful barrels, by artist Christo, sparked a debate over public artworks in this week's comments update.
Barrel of laughs: readers debated if Christo's London Mastaba, a 20-metre-high sculpture floating on London's Serpentine Lake, was more of an exercise of the artist's ego, rather than a worthwhile example of free public art.
"This is closer to pollution than art to me. I can only imagine what the carbon footprint was to manufacture and install this monstrosity just to impose his ego on the landscape," agreed Jonathan Duran
"So you take empty recycled barrels, paint them, and when you are done, you take them apart and reuse them ? what's the carbon footprint" Way too touchy for a fun artwork," shrugged John, who had no problem with the project. "They build a gigantic eyesore where you literally cannot avoid seeing it and proclaim it "free to look at". My question is how much to not have to see it"" asked JeffSmith cheekily.
"Yeah, it's free to look at, because no sane person would pay money to look at some stacked painted barrels. Calling this art is an insult to real artwork and artists," added an angry Jeckel.
Other readers praised the work with Jartin saying: "I think it is mind-blowing. Bravo."
This reader summed up his thoughts on the project with a risqué pun.
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