Auburn is another fine Gold Country town near Sacramento, California. Auburn is known for its mining and mandarins. But, for those looking for something random and unusual look no farther than Dr. Fox’s Colossal Statues.
One giant Gold Miner can be seen from the freeway welcoming visitors and passersby. This gold minor embodies the Gold Rush and is the unofficial mascot of the town.
Stranger and slightly more controversial are the naked Amazonian women and their friend in bondage who sit and protect a local auto mechanic’s shop.
I remember driving by these tall muses on my way to a yoga class one day and nearly drove off the road. One just doesn’t expect to see something like this in the middle of an old fashioned gold country town. And from what I understand they were quite controversial at one time.
Bulldog Travels / Photos By Jenny 
It certainly fits the colossal category. Wonderful photos of this statue. 😀
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I’m glad you like! Happy Monday! I hope you had a re-energizing time off.
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A very interesting post. I like the texture of the sculptures. Quite a different style.
Now controversial? Naked bodies? Well, there always were and will be people who balk at that.
The important thing that remains is the art. Thx for sharing.
(I don’t know why I seem to have missed this post. Yours get to my e-mail (along with a handful of others), coz I can’t keep up with the reader…
Have a lovely week.
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It’s like you have surprise posts from me from time to time. Maybe WordPress sends emails inconsistently. I’m glad you like the post. The statutes are certainly not the most beautiful or perfect but they are INTERESTING. They are also quite large. I wouldn’t park my car under them in a windstorm that’s for sure.
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Haha! That unstable? 🙂
No, Wp is not at fault. I do get your posts by mail. (Most others only in the reader otherwise you are swamped) think is my inbox gets full quite rapidly. And if I’m traveling, I only skim urgent stuff. Like taxes. 😉 And I keep the rest for later which can become much later.
Having said that, I agree 100%. Not the most beautiful but very interesting. And a good part of Art is: is it interesting? 🙂
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I completely agree which is one of the reasons why I think we share a mutual love of street art. It isn’t always the best technically but it sure is interesting in its context. Stay tuned for my post on Street Art coming tomorrow morning.
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Haven’t seen it in my mail. Let me hop to your site.
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Just saw it. Great. Even better on a larger screen… 😉
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Loved these. Don’t think I ever did a post on them, however. As I recall, the sculpture was a frustrated dentist. My first wife lived just up the hill from there. Thanks!
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I’m pretty sure they were placed in the parking lot of his office, right? I can’t remember.
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That’s true. Although isn’t there a 49er statue by him in Old Town?
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Yes there sure is. He gets a Santa hat every year. You can see it from the freeway.
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Laughing. Good!
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