Recycling Old Tyres

At first glance this looks like a furry caterpillar having a bad hair day. Come to think of it, at second glance it does too. Believe it or not, this is an alleged work of contemporary art by Chakaia Booker, using old rubber tyres and bits of wood. I'm all for recycling, but this is ridiculous. And the pretentious title: The Fatality of Hope (2007)! Are we sure that shouldn't be "The Futility of Hope"? Find it if you must in a recently opened retrospective at the Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art in Kansas City, Missouri: RubberMade: Sculpture by Chakaia Booker. The price is right: free.