Was on a Wikipedia rabbit hole and found this art installation and I love the contrast of a sculpture of a modern dude in a suit holding a takeout coffee alongside ornate early English Gothic medieval sculptures.

Wikipedia - Salisbury Cathedral

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A modern painted sculpture of a man in a suit holding a takeout coffee cup installed alongside early English Gothic sculptures
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[–] 1 point 3 months ago

Not uncommon to replace statues lost to time or other reasons with modern ones. Even on cathedrals. A prominent example is Darth Vaders helmet at the Washington National Cathedral. Even though this is basically a contemporary building in comparison to its European counterparts.

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