The morbid obesity is there to distract from that mannish ape-like face. Both are offensive to the senses, which I imagine is the point. This statue isn't meant to inspire. Like a head on a pike outside the city gate, it is meant to terrorize, to let everyone who who is in charge.
nostr:nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnddaehgu3wwp6kyqpqj4cpas2gpjsm7e302nmy653gw8ckmpt0chysvz3ep46ephq6sg7qp8yxha tbf I don't think Africans are aware of any aesthetically pleasing African gods or prior artistic movements, as I don't either.
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Who funded it? All that bronze alloy must be expensive