More Art

 Here is another installment on public art in Suzhou.  It's a bronze statue (I think bronze) that is located on the walkway about a half-mile south on Xing Gang street.  This is one of my favorites, so it merits a post of it's very own.

 I'm not exactly sure why I like it so much.  Partly because it's bizzare....a trio of old men in a tug-o-war with a trio of young ladies.  Partly because it's a bit risqué....the ladies are falling out of their clothes and that seems to be more important to the old men than does winning.  Finally, because it's surreal...I've not seen three Chinese women in the last 6 months that have half as much of a bosom as these three women do.

 The faces of the men say it all.  Two of them are focused on the contest, but the third - the one on the left - looks at you knowingly as you pass by.  His sly glance and a hidden smile seem to aknowledge that victory comes not from ending the tug-o-war, but from making it last as long as possible.