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'''Location:''' Salem, Oregon, USA

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'''Description of Artwork:''' In this woodcut, ''American Standard'', the American flag is re-created with bombs serving as ~~stars~~ and ~~coffins~~ as ~~stripes~~. Rude says the piece was a way of expressing his feelings after combat operations started in Iraq. <P>

'''Description of Artwork:''' In this woodcut, ''American Standard'', the American flag is re-created with bombs serving as stripes and crosses (for grave markers) as stars. Rude says the piece was a way of expressing his feelings after combat operations started in Iraq. <P>

'''The Incident:''' Rude was invited by the Oregon Arts Commission to hang some works in the Governor's reception room at the Oregon State Capitol. The first day the woodcut was displayed went by without any comments, positive or negative. Then a staff member in the Governor's office filed a complaint and requested the work be removed. Other staff members stuck up for Rude and an inter-office battle quickly developed. An aide called the Oregon Arts Commission and requested the piece be removed. While all this was happening, no one from the Arts Commission or the Governor's office called Rude. He found out everything second-hand though a friend in Salem who was checking on the piece. <P>

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 '''Location:''' Salem, Oregon, USA
 [[File:Rude.jpg|right]]
-'''Description of Artwork:''' In this woodcut, ''American Standard'', the American flag is re-created with bombs serving as stars and coffins as stripes. Rude says the piece was a way of expressing his feelings after combat operations started in Iraq. <P>
+'''Description of Artwork:''' In this woodcut, ''American Standard'', the American flag is re-created with bombs serving as stripes and crosses (for grave markers) as stars. Rude says the piece was a way of expressing his feelings after combat operations started in Iraq. <P>
 '''The Incident:''' Rude was invited by the Oregon Arts Commission to hang some works in the Governor's reception room at the Oregon State Capitol.  The first day the woodcut was displayed went by without any comments, positive or negative. Then a staff member in the Governor's office filed a complaint and requested the work be removed. Other staff members stuck up for Rude and an inter-office battle quickly developed. An aide called the Oregon Arts Commission and requested the piece be removed. While all this was happening, no one from the Arts Commission or the Governor's office called Rude. He found out everything second-hand though a friend in Salem who was checking on the piece.    <P>