But adults don’t like it

Press, 13 June 1979, Page 6

But adults don’t like it

Nearby residents may not like it, but their children apparently do. This statue, unofficially titled “Mother and Child Reunion”, appeared in a Barbadoes Street parking lot about three weeks ago. The parking lot is owned by Stone’s Fruit Market, and the statue belongs to its sculptor, Llewelyn Summers.

Mr Summers works for the produce market where the shop’s merchandise is bought wholesale, and the statue is on long-term loan. For Le Khuu, aged four, and his sister, Hga Khuu, aged 10, the statue is a good place to play. A town-planning requirement for the parking lot. was that it be landscaped and made presentable, according to Mr M. J. Hore,

an employee of Stone’s. “Mother and Child” was seen as something different from the usual run of carpark ornaments. “People see it before they see the sign,” he said. “It makes a good talking point. “But 99 per cent of the locals can’t stand it: they don’t like the fact that it is naked, and that it has that big backside sticking up.”