The Orange County Administration will swap out its lawn sculptures at its Orange County Administration Center in downtown Orlando by the end of the month.
This year’s sculptures include, from left to right in the image below, “Bastet” by Umit Durgun of Tuscany, Italy, “Reflex” by Mike Hansel of Middletown, RI, “Basics Series” y Matthias Neumann of Brooklyn, NY, and “Nutrition Sculpture” by Will Vannerson.
The Sculpture on the Lawn 2022 pieces will be revealed as part of a grand opening party at 5:30 p.m. Monday, January 24. The Orange County Administration Center is located at 201 S. Rosalind Avenue [GMap] and will remain on display through January 2023.
We first covered the program HERE in 2015.
That statue called Bastet IS an insult to the Egyptian Goddess Bastet!
If it had been on par with, or at least, more to the real description of the Goddess that is the protector and Goddess of all cats, then I’d have had a different attitude toward it.
To me, that statue is not only, NOT even close to representing Bastet. Who, in all descriptions was a beautiful feminine (female) body with the head of a cat
I find this particular statue named in her sake, revolting and an eyesore. And is one I’d rather NOT see placed in my hometown of Orlando, FL, in which I still live and reside.
Someone wasted a lot of money on this particular statue WITHOUT researching or, possibly NOT knowing who, or what, Bastet is, or was!
Just my opinion mind you, but I really dislike immensely, this particular statue!