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|medium=Painting, Public Art | |medium=Painting, Public Art | ||
|date_of_action=December 15, 2010 | |date_of_action=December 15, 2010 | ||
|location=Los Angeles, California | |location=Los Angeles, California | ||
|description_of_content=An anti-war mural was painted by the Italian street artist Blu on a wall of the Geffen Contemporary building which featured military-style coffins draped in dollar bills rather than flags. | |description_of_content=An anti-war mural was painted by the Italian street artist Blu on a wall of the Geffen Contemporary building which featured military-style coffins draped in dollar bills rather than flags. | ||
|description_of_incident=MOCA had commissioned Blu to paint a mural as a part of its "Art in the Streets" exhibition. The museum did not receive a proposal from Blu prior to starting the work and upon seeing it, MOCA director Jeffrey Deitch said that the mural was insensitive to a neighborhood that includes a Veterans Affairs hospital and a war memorial to Japanese American soldiers. | |description_of_incident=MOCA had commissioned Blu to paint a mural as a part of its "Art in the Streets" exhibition. The museum did not receive a proposal from Blu prior to starting the work and upon seeing it, MOCA director Jeffrey Deitch said that the mural was insensitive to a neighborhood that includes a Veterans Affairs hospital and a war memorial to Japanese American soldiers. | ||
|description_of_result=MOCA director Jeffrey Deitch ordered a whitewash of the mural. | |description_of_result=MOCA director Jeffrey Deitch ordered a whitewash of the mural. | ||
|image=Blu Los-Angeles MOCA Nov10 2 1000.jpg | |image=Blu Los-Angeles MOCA Nov10 2 1000.jpg | ||
|source=http://articles.latimes.com/2010/dec/15/entertainment/la-et-moca-mural-20101215 | |||
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Revision as of 18:19, 30 March 2014
Artist: Blu
Year: 2010
Date of Action: December 15, 2010
Region: North America
Location: Los Angeles, California
Subject:
Medium: Painting, Public Art
Confronting Bodies: Museum of Contemporary Art
Description of Artwork: An anti-war mural was painted by the Italian street artist Blu on a wall of the Geffen Contemporary building which featured military-style coffins draped in dollar bills rather than flags.
The Incident: MOCA had commissioned Blu to paint a mural as a part of its "Art in the Streets" exhibition. The museum did not receive a proposal from Blu prior to starting the work and upon seeing it, MOCA director Jeffrey Deitch said that the mural was insensitive to a neighborhood that includes a Veterans Affairs hospital and a war memorial to Japanese American soldiers.
Results of Incident: MOCA director Jeffrey Deitch ordered a whitewash of the mural.
Source:
• http://articles.latimes.com/2010/dec/15/entertainment/la-et-moca-mural-20101215
