U.S. defends spending $400,000 of taxpayers' money on giant camel sculpture outside new Pakistan embassy
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The U.S. State Department has defended spending $400,000 on a life-size sculpture of a camel staring through the eye of an over-sized needle for its embassy in Pakistan, claiming that the price of the artwork was ‘reasonable’ and it reflected ‘the values of a predominantly Islamist country’.
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He points out that while some Americans may find it frivolous for the government to pay for art, others will find it important. “It depends on what part of the public you are in,” he said. “If you go to the museum and enjoy art and are moved by it, things cost what they cost.”
To put the sculpture’s price tag into a local perspective, the average yearly income in impoverished Pakistan is about $1,250 per year, according to the Agency for International Development.
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“A life-size dromedary with its neck extended inquisitively eyes a super-sized needle in a way which makes the viewer think it could actually pass through the needle’s eye,” described Hall Wines, which has a copy of the piece on display. “The colorless beast with striking blue eyes is simultaneously intriguing and peculiar especially when stripped of its pigment and fur.”
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what do you think about where tax dollars are going?
mind you, this is the same State Dept. that continues to complain about being underfunded each year