Storefronts (exhibition)
Date: 2006
Region: North America
Subject: Religious
Medium: Painting
Artist: Lloyd Marcus
Confronting Bodies: Deltona, Florida city manager
Date of Action: February, 2006
Location: Deltona, Florida, The United States of America
Description of Artwork: The series of paintings, Storefronts, depict the artist's upbringing, where religion played a prominent role - one contains a priest carrying a Bible, another a priest bearing a basket of treats for a woman and her child, and a third features a man whose cap reads "I Love Jesus."
The Incident: Worried about violating the principle of separation between church and state, the City Manager removed three paintings from the series from a City Hall display celebrating Black History Month.
Results of Incident: After protest, the City returned the paintings.
Source: NCAC, Orlando Sentinel