Sculpture at NTU: The Flame of Knowledge? Or Oil Refining?
This thing benefited from a new coat of paint last month. Although no longer rusty, it’s still not very pleasing:
It’s a dead failure as a torch of knowledge – the relation of flame to support is wholly out of whack. On the other hand, as a representation of the flames of the nearby Jurong Island Oil Refinery, it’s pretty good. But why is it here?