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====Date: [[:Category: | ====Date: [[:Category:2005|2005]]==== | ||
====Region: [[:Category:North America|North America]] [[:Category:|]] [[:Category:|{location3}]]==== | ====Region: [[:Category:North America|North America]] [[:Category:|Category:]] [[:Category:|{location3}]]==== | ||
====Subject: [[:Category:Nudity|Nudity | ====Subject: [[:Category:Nudity|Nudity]]==== | ||
====Medium: [[:Category:Sculpture|Sculpture | ====Medium: [[:Category:Sculpture|Sculpture]]==== | ||
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'''The Incident:''' After the City publicly | '''The Incident:''' After the City publicly displayed ''The Baggage Handler'' in a traffic circle in Penticton, the sculpture faced multiple incidents of vandalism including being pushed off of its base and severing his genetalia. <P> | ||
'''Results of Incident:''' Hermesh requested $20,000 to repair the damaged sculpture; however, the city council decided to remove the scupture and gave the artist $300 to cover moving costs. A local band, Shaker Green, wrote a song about the sculpture entitled, | '''Results of Incident:''' Hermesh requested $20,000 to repair the damaged sculpture; however, the city council decided to remove the scupture and gave the artist $300 to cover moving costs. A local band, Shaker Green, wrote a song about the sculpture entitled, ''Frank the Baggage Handler.'' The sculpture could possibly be relocated to one of numerous companies who have expressed their desire to have the scultpure. <P> | ||
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Revision as of 19:36, 2 August 2011
Date: 2005
Region: North America [[:Category:|Category:]] [[:Category:|{location3}]]
Subject: Nudity
Medium: Sculpture
Artist: Michael Hermesh
Confronting Bodies: Curtis Collins, director of the South Okanagan Art Gallery and chair of Penticton Public-Art Advisory Committee
Dates of Action: March, 2005
Location: Penticton, British Columbia
Description of Artwork: The sculpture depicts a nude male figure carrying a suitcase.
The Incident: After the City publicly displayed The Baggage Handler in a traffic circle in Penticton, the sculpture faced multiple incidents of vandalism including being pushed off of its base and severing his genetalia.
Results of Incident: Hermesh requested $20,000 to repair the damaged sculpture; however, the city council decided to remove the scupture and gave the artist $300 to cover moving costs. A local band, Shaker Green, wrote a song about the sculpture entitled, Frank the Baggage Handler. The sculpture could possibly be relocated to one of numerous companies who have expressed their desire to have the scultpure.
Source: www.globeandmail.com
