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Public art costing $500,000 has been installed on the west side of the Los Angeles Police Department's new headquarters. Although the cast-bronze sculptures have been likened to six large black blobs, with two tall, skinny structures on either side, artist Peter Shelton of Los Angeles says the shapes are a rotund beast, two bison, two bears and two hippos.

LAPD's 'cow-splat' art

( Gary Friedman / Los Angeles Times / October 20, 2009 )

Public art costing $500,000 has been installed on the west side of the Los Angeles Police Department's new headquarters. Although the cast-bronze sculptures have been likened to six large black blobs, with two tall, skinny structures on either side, artist Peter Shelton of Los Angeles says the shapes are a rotund beast, two bison, two bears and two hippos.

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