Want fries with that?

As an antidote to the strong feelings provoked by Koenig’s Sphere (see below), here’s some public art you can really get your teeth into.

“Daddies Ketchup,” which is a 30-foot-tall inflatable ketchup bottle, is on display at City Hall Park and is obviously the star of an exhibition of ten works installed by the Public Art Fund called “Common Ground.” It was created by artist Paul McCarthy.

It’s really funny and, although it doesn’t make me crave ketchup in any way, I could certainly savor an order of inflatable French fries right now.

I thought the word “Daddies” was just part of the joke but it turns out there really is such a brand in Britain. Somehow that makes the joke even better.