Did someone reply to this already? Rockefeller Center DID NOT commission
this work. I was recently informed that this sculpture is most likely one of
a series of female nudes Fischl has recently completed. Whether or not it
was originally intended as a memorial is unclear. We're trying to find out
when they were cast or when negotiations for casting the series began.
Loretta Lorance
----- Original Message -----
From: "Timothy McShane" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, October 31, 2002 12:51 PM
Subject: Re: Fischl Irresponsibility


> Not to stir up the hornet's nest again over this, but wasn't this piece
> commissioned by the Rockefeller Centre?  And, as such, wasn't it up to
> them as to how and where it would be displayed?  It seems your
> objections are not directed at the work itself, but to it's
> presentation--if so, your comments are better addressed to the RC rather
> than Fischl.
>
> The point I took from the interview with Fischl is that he was
> addressing criticism directed at the piece itself.
>
> Just my two cents;
>
>
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------
> Tim McShane, Assistant--Cultural History
> Medicine Hat Museum and Art Gallery
> 1302 Bomford Crescent S.W.
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>
> >>> [log in to unmask] 10/31/02 09:17AM >>>
> Fischl just doesn't get it.
>
> No, people said, you can't make us feel that way HERE.
>
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