A Walk in the Valley

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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/