Loretta i have to beg to differ with you on Sensations, this exhibit was
offensive which began the Cities efforts to have it shut down. If no had
objected to its content and value there would have been no controversy . So
the situation is similar. As for Guiliani"s reputation, he became a hero due
to his behavior durring this crisis, however his popularity was fading and
continues to fade with his womanizing.
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From: "lorettalorance" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Friday, September 20, 2002 2:17 PM
Subject: Re: 9/11 Censorship? Statue of falling woman censored


> Have most of you supporting this as art or tasteful seen actual statue or
a
> just picture? And, yes, there are bad images of war that are imbedded into
> our minds and memories. Frankly, perhaps because I'm an idealist, I expect
> more from art than from the media. The media people have nothing better to
> do but sustain themselves.
>
> I'm sure all the people who have lost family members have rushed or will
> rush down to pray at Rockefeller Center. Perhaps, part of the public
outrage
> against this is that the only record of most of the people who jumped is
in
> photographs of them, clinging to the towers, in air or in a pile on the
> ground. Most of the jumpers were pulverized when the towers fell on top of
> them. Oh, maybe this would be more acceptable with some bronze rubble
around
> or on top of it.
>
> As for media frenzy, this statue and its sponsors are getting what they
> probably planned. They probably thought all the GREAT museums would rush
out
> and order an edition (it's bronze) since it's the first memorial. They may
> even have anticipated a good market in miniatures of it. I'm sure many
> people would buy one for the coffee table or mantle. And, now, this one
> particular sculpture is worth more because of the interest it generated.
Not
> a bad business strategy.
>
> As for censorship, who began the petition to get it covered and removed?
The
> NYC or NYS government on its own or in response to requests? (Sensations
is
> a completely different issue since that was personally started by the now
> much beloved mayor Giuliani) The general public? Is the sponsor really a
> wuss for protecting (by covering it and or removing it) their investment?
If
> this sculpture hits the wrong nerve in some people, I'm sure it will
> disappear anyway, or the owners will wished they had removed it.
>
> Finally, is public art really something that is above public opinion? This
> is intended as a memorial and not a private one. Arguing that this is art
> and is therefore above the force of opinion against it, or perhaps above
the
> understanding of the general public because the general public doesn't
know
> what is good for it or what good art is, is a well-entrenched but flawed
> argument. Is removing a work of art that is offensive to many much
different
> than recalling a flawed product? Who is to say emotional damage is less
> painful than physical?
>
> Art is not something that is involiable nor should it be automatically
> accepted and defended because it is art, just like sports heroes, CEOs and
> politicians should go to jail when they break the law. People have the
right
> to create whatever they want, but they don't have the right to force
others
> to look at it. In this case, pedestrians have been forced because of its
> conspicuous placement.
>
> Sorry for the length but this is in response to many messages.
> Loretta Lorance
>
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