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Posted: December 17, 2008 |
Plus gallery artist John McEnroe's latest public artwork "National
Velvet" has created a bit of a stir, or rather been used to create a
stir depending on your point of view. The work is funded by the city of Denver's "Percent for Art" program and is in a very high profile locale at the base of the bridge connecting the Platte River Valley to the Highlands neighborhood. A pair of KHOW DJs have taken to bashing the sculpture, confusing the artists description of the work's "sensual" nature as being synonymous with "sexual" (oh the innocence of the simple mind.) It would be all so humorous if not for the implicit agenda which is elimination of public funding for the arts, a sad, sad thing.
You can take in some of the controversy and get a few chuckles by checking out McEnroe's YouTube video on the work, and for further background, be sure to read Mary Voelz Chander's RMN article: Striking a blow for 'free-range' culture. - KLH
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