A Walk in the Valley
Artist: Ruth Stanford
Year: 2014
Date of Action: February 27, 2014
Region: North America
Location: Kennesaw, GA
Subject: Racial/Ethnic
Medium: Installation
Confronting Bodies: Kennesaw State University
Description of Artwork: The piece contains text from a 19th-century letter by Corra Harris, a Georgia novelist, who justified the lynching of a black man near Newnan.
The Incident: Ruth Stanford’s installation "A Walk in the Valley,” was removed just before last week’s opening of the Zuckerman Museum of Art after KSU officials became concerned that the work would offend viewers and inflame issues of race.
Results of Incident: After days of protest and cries of censorship, Kennesaw State University announced Wednesday that it was in talks with Stanford. Their is discussion of a re-installment of her installation in the future.
Source:
• http://www.ajc.com/news/news/ksu-artist-in-talks-on-controversial-exhibit/nd6Th/