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The use of giant fiberglass sculptures as an advertising ploy by gas stations, hotels, restaurants and roadside attractions has long fascinated me, and not because I think they're particularly artful or creative. Rather, I find them curious, even unsettling. Although they do stop you in your tracks. And I suppose, in that sense, they are delivering on the ultimate advertising goal.
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