Bison Statues for Front of New Stadium

[GroteStreet]

These things are ugly.  Worst thing about them is that a buffalo is such a magnificent animal.  
I think the artist did a few too many acid trips.

[Buffalo716]

 

Here's what they are supposed to look like at nite

 

To all the haters... This is sweet 

[MJS]

3 hours ago, NoSaint said:

You just can’t resist invoking authority in tree discussions 

honestly, hard to project but I feel like the statues are fine but the stripes kind of weirdly included- not sure the better method. Just feels clunky and maybe unneeded.

Yes, I'd do away with the stripes.

[Dr. Who]

The stripe on the logo is supposed to suggest dynamic movement. The sculpture already does that, so the stripes are redundant and distracting.

 

[StarlessAndBibleBills]

I'm getting 'T-1000 from Terminator 2' vibes from these. If all three form into actual giant bisons and stampede visiting Pats fans, I'm so aboard. 

 

[Starr Almighty]

4 hours ago, ColoradoBills said:

 

Whitewashing history dooms a culture into repeating it's mistakes.

 

I didn't hear a response to my idea about having a statue of a Buffalo Soldier outside the stadium.

You can hear comments on this board. Can you teach me how to use this feature?

[papazoid]

The bull will measure approximately 24 feet tall by 29 feet long, the cow 19 by 23 feet (23,000 pounds) and the calf 9 by 13 feet, each standing on a 3-by-4.5-foot base. There are also a few misconceptions to clear up. The statues were never intended to be the world's tallest, they won't be climbable and previously circulated images were mock-ups, not final designs.

 

Blessing Hancock, an experienced large-scale sculpture artist, was selected. Her proposal stood out for incorporating the team's brand through the charging elements featured in the logo.

 

 

https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/48291577/buffalo-bills-new-highmark-stadium-bison-statues-family-circle

[RobbRiddick]

Not very classy. I thought they’d be the standing buffaloes like on the throwback helmets. These do have a terminator look about them 

[EssexBill]

They look like something from the last transformers movie 

[Buffalo Junction]

6 hours ago, Repulsif said:

This is the Playstation 1 version, right?

 

Right?

Atari Jaguar 

[BeyondTheProcess]

talk about a graffiti magnet... hope there will be security of some kind 

[SoMAn]

For me they'd be fine if not for the stupid red streak adornment borrowed from the logo. It doesn't make any sense. On the side of the helmets, the logo suggests motion and charging. On the side of grazing cyber bison it looks incongruent. I don't get it. 

Maybe I'm just an unhip boomer, but it some of the recent design element surrounding the team are better suited the modern art wing at ABK.

 

When the Bills renovated the Ralph with the angled overhang walkways surrounding the stadium, I thought it looked like they just ran out of material or didn't bother measuring the support posts. 

Now, we've got this new stadium with a bedpan inspired exterior facade that is sterile, uninviting, and a joke when compared to all the new facilities and those under construction.  And the look of those stairs that line the interior perimeter and will be used for access to the upper seating sections -  looks like an afterthought - as if the designers couldn't figure out a better way to get to the seats at the top. 

I get that my opinion, like all opinions are subjective, but I suspect I'm not alone in wishing we could've had more classic traditional design for the 2.2 billion dollars.

Edit: After taking another look at those stairs, my thought is they'd look fine if they weren't completely enclosed, but from afar, they look like unfinished duct work sticking up out of that level of seating.

Edited March 25 by SoMAn

[SirAndrew]

25 minutes ago, SoMAn said:

For me they'd be fine if not for the stupid red streak adornment borrowed from the logo. It doesn't make any sense. On the side of the helmets, the logo suggests motion and charging. On the side of grazing cyber bison it looks incongruent. I don't get it. 

Maybe I'm just an unhip boomer, but it some of the recent design element surrounding the team are better suited the modern art wing at ABK.

 

When the Bills renovated the Ralph with the angled overhang walkways surrounding the stadium, I thought it looked like they just ran out of material or didn't bother measuring the support posts. 

Now, we've got this new stadium with a bedpan inspired exterior facade that is sterile, uninviting, and a joke when compared to all the new facilities and those under construction.  And the look of those stairs that line the interior perimeter and will be used for access to the upper seating sections -  looks like an afterthought - as if the designers couldn't figure out a better way to get to the seats at the top. 

I get that my opinion, like all opinions are subjective, but I suspect I'm not alone in wishing we could've had more classic traditional design for the 2.2 billion dollars.

I know I’m in the minority, but I agree, I’m not impressed by what I’ve seen from this place so far. As you mentioned, it’s subjective, so I get that people disagree. I’m not seeing where it’s a huge upgrade. The video screen looks small, and nowhere close to modern stadium size. I don’t think it’s the angle of videos I’m watching, because I’ve seen it from several angles. I agree with the stairs, and the entranceways to the stadium bowl don’t look very large either. It seems like the most important parts are very old school with a new school exterior design. I know some are fascinated by it being modeled on a European soccer stadium, but who says that’s a good thing? 

[Sojourner]

4 hours ago, papazoid said:

The bull will measure approximately 24 feet tall by 29 feet long, the cow 19 by 23 feet (23,000 pounds) and the calf 9 by 13 feet, each standing on a 3-by-4.5-foot base. There are also a few misconceptions to clear up. The statues were never intended to be the world's tallest, they won't be climbable and previously circulated images were mock-ups, not final designs.

 

Blessing Hancock, an experienced large-scale sculpture artist, was selected. Her proposal stood out for incorporating the team's brand through the charging elements featured in the logo.

 

 

https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/48291577/buffalo-bills-new-highmark-stadium-bison-statues-family-circle

That’s one big pile of BS. 

Those things look less of a Blessing and more of a curse. 

[nuklz2594]

tbh....win a super bowl before putting up transformers statues

[Malazan]

I wouldn't trust 99% of this board to tie their own shoes. Not sure I'm relying on them for art critiques. 

[eball]

7 hours ago, Dr. Who said:

The stripe on the logo is supposed to suggest dynamic movement. The sculpture already does that, so the stripes are redundant and distracting.

 

 

Not if you believe in brand reinforcement.  Again, to each his own, but the “charge” stripe is a key element of the logo and brand.  Nobody will see a random photo of these statues and not understand it’s the Bills.

 

To me, it’s like Superman’s cape.

 

Anyway, who cares…in our world today too many people don’t want to have their minds changed.  Initial reactions become entrenched truths.

 

 

[SoMAn]

8 hours ago, Buffalo716 said:

 

Here's what they are supposed to look like at nite

 

To all the haters... This is sweet 

So we get to appreciate this lit up feature twice a year for night games? Genius.

Especially love the big bison with the Patrick Mahomes haircut. Nice touch. Must be Jake from State Farm in the middle.

Sorry, but it's an eyesore. Buffalo is not and will never be a cutting edge modern marvel city that looks at home with these Tesla bovine.

Buffalo is more aligned with a bunch of beer-drinking Poles who come out of their Buffalo Bills basement man-caves once a year to wave posse-willows on Dyngus Day. Not this.  Inspired by the modern artwork of Maryvale grad Jackson Polack. 

 

Edited March 25 by SoMAn

[stevewin]

I think it's fine to have an abstract take on the Bison - just want the statue of Josh after winning the SB to be 'realistic'.  Perhaps he can be leaping over the Bison

[CarolinaBillsFan]

11 hours ago, Nephilim17 said:

 

Don't see the issue...

 

 

I like the traditional look, but those look pretty cool too and different.