According to a city press release, the statues are part of a 10-piece collection donated by a Sugar Land resident to the city through its Sugar Land Legacy Foundation.
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“Welcome to Sugar Land, Texas, where the selfie is now forever enshrined in the town square”, Twitter Moments posted.
The Daily Beast also found it ironic that the loudest complaints are coming from the selfie generation itself, quoting one young woman who wrote on Facebook that “this is why people hate the young generation!”
Why the snark? Because the bronze statue now standing in front of city hall is of two girls taking a selfie.
“Sugar Land, we made it”, tweeted Megan Fridge.
A press release states that the sculptures represent “activities that occur in the Square”. King Tut’s mask, sculpted by the ancient Egyptians.
Those bemoaning art that glorifies our narcissistic, social media-obsessed culture should consider that, historically, most “meaningful” statues of people-from Roman emperors to the recently controversial Cecil Rhodes at Oxford University were monuments to the self. Did they think people were going to be like “THANK GOD!” “Certainly we see that element of danger with colossal statues, whether of an Egyptian pharaoh or of Saddam Hussein”. Even Mount Rushmore in the early 1900s. The plan received approval from the City Council in August 2013, and again in September 2014, according the site.
Towns across America often erect statues to remember important figures or mark significant events in history.
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– Rachel Lee (@RachelLee1_) May 27, 2016So is the city of Sugar Land expecting us to take pictures with that statue of 2 girls taking a selfie?
