What, exactly, is the monument to be;
object d'art subject to its makers interpretation, or sculpture
representative of historical event subject to uncensored truth?  If it's
about history, it should stick as close to the facts as physically possible,
out of simple respect to the survivors and the truth.  If it's art, the
restrictions are different.  It needs to convey emotion and that has no
boundaries. (imho)

Andrea

----- Original Message -----
From: "Indigo Nights" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Sunday, January 13, 2002 7:05 PM
Subject: Re: Bronze statue a moving tribute or PC run amok?


> Oooh, I'm TRYING to hold back on this one and see what
> unfurls, but there are a couple of points I wanted to
> address (Jay does that to me, LOL) in the post below
> (excerpted)
>
> You know, I could readily debate the monument on
> either side of the equation.  Isn't a lot of artwork
> an editing of the truth, for truth is simply a
> subjective, and each of us has our own truth.  First
> and foremost, race is an artificial construction, and
> what is being objected to here is really the facial
> features of the flag wavers themselves and not their
> race (no such creature).
>
> And art is not black and white, it's not required to
> be an absolute reflection of something at a point of
> time.  It can be a picture of what could be or should
> be or is to someone other than you.  Ask a
> schizophrenic what reality looks like.  Trust me when
> I say it's a hell of a lot different than yours or
> mine.
>
> The statue is a synopsis of a point in time.  There is
> no doubt that those who died and those who worked to
> save and/or recover the victims came in many hues.
> That artwork borrows from a picture, but art doesn't
> have to be a true reflection of that picture (and I
> can argue it the other way and, give me five minutes
> and I might, LOL).
>
> My favorite artwork at the Norton Simon is a piece by
> Pannini.  I love it for the depth it contains and the
> magnificence of the piece, but I love it too, for the
> humanity depicted in the piece.  If you look at that
> artwork, I find it impossible to believe that (since
> there weren't cameras when he piece was done) exactly
> THOSE people were present at THAT point of time.  Does
> it take away from the picture?  No.  Does it negate
> from the historical significance of that period of
> time?  No.
>
> (Don't ask me right this minute to name the piece. I
> can "see it", but senior moments are just a pain in
> the tush.)
>
> What precipitated THIS note, however, is the
> commentary about throwing away the history books.  For
> God sakes, YES!  Much of history is revisionist and
> taken from the reality or needed reality of people who
> are less than objective.
>
> Truth be known, MAD Magazine sometimes more accurately
> reflects the truth than the sanitized history.  The
> recordation of history is more often subjective than
> objective and subject to interpretation.
>
> But then I ramble . . .
>
> --- Jay Heuman <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> > Editing the truth is sickening, considering the
> > monument is
> > based on the real-life moment captured in the
> > photograph.
>
> SNIP
>
> > This proposed multi-racial representation of a
> > uni-racial
> > moment, while meant to be inclusive, is troubling
> > because it
> > is a misrepresentation of a verifiable truth.
>
> SNIP
>
> Might as well throw out the history textbooks and
> > give
> > school children Mad magazine.
>
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