It was a bright October morning downtown, the kind that makes even concrete look proud of itself. A small crowd gathered near the courthouse as city officials—beaming, confident, armed with adjectives—snipped the ribbon on Lexington’s newest public artwork: “A Common Thread,” better known by its emerging Internet street names.
The $900,000 sculpture—an arrangement of massive mirrored orbs that look like a fish stick company’s dream of modern art—was declared a triumph by the assembled dignitaries. “Some people like it[!]” the Mayor’s spokesperson proclaimed, a phrase that might as well be etched into the city’s seal at this point.
Others, however, weren’t so sure. “I thought it was temporary art for Christmas,” one confused reddit user noted. Another said simply, “Thats a lot of words just to say ‘Let them eat cake’”…