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====Date: [[:Category: | ====Date: [[:Category:2008|2008]]==== | ||
====Region: [[:Category:North America|North America]]==== | |||
====Subject: [[:Category:Political/Economic/Social Opinion|Political/Economic/Social Opinion]]==== | |||
====Medium: [[:Category:Public Art|Public Art]]==== | |||
====Medium: [[:Category:Public Art|Public Art | |||
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'''Artist:''' Unnamed Local Artist | '''Artist:''' Unnamed Local Artist | ||
'''Confronting Bodies:''' West End BIZ (Business Improvement Zone) | '''Confronting Bodies:''' West End BIZ (Business Improvement Zone) | ||
'''Dates of Action:''' July 2008 | '''Dates of Action:''' July 2008 | ||
'''Location:''' Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada | '''Location:''' Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada | ||
'''Description of Artwork:''' Public painted mural depicting Winnipeg during the 1919 general strike. <P> | '''Description of Artwork:''' Public painted mural depicting Winnipeg during the 1919 general strike. <P> | ||
'''The Incident:''' The Executive Director of West End BIZ, Gloria Cardwell-Hoeppner, admitted to ordering a local artist to remove an image of a man who resembled Karl Marx from the final design of a public mural that the association commissioned. She remarked that the BIZ's original intention was to commission a mural that depicted the social climate and history of that period in Winnipeg, rather than the political history. The artist complied and the image of the Marx-looking man was removed from the mural. <P> | '''The Incident:''' The Executive Director of West End BIZ, Gloria Cardwell-Hoeppner, admitted to ordering a local artist to remove an image of a man who resembled Karl Marx from the final design of a public mural that the association commissioned. She remarked that the BIZ's original intention was to commission a mural that depicted the social climate and history of that period in Winnipeg, rather than the political history. The artist complied and the image of the Marx-looking man was removed from the mural. <P> | ||
'''Results of Incident:''' Passerby have expressed some disappointment and the mural is the subject of a local internet blog. However, no action is being taken. <P> | '''Results of Incident:''' Passerby have expressed some disappointment and the mural is the subject of a local internet blog. However, no action is being taken. <P> | ||
'''Source:''' Winnipeg Free Press | '''Source:''' Winnipeg Free Press | ||
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Latest revision as of 17:14, 10 February 2012
Date: 2008
Region: North America
Subject: Political/Economic/Social Opinion
Medium: Public Art
Artist: Unnamed Local Artist
Confronting Bodies: West End BIZ (Business Improvement Zone)
Dates of Action: July 2008
Location: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Description of Artwork: Public painted mural depicting Winnipeg during the 1919 general strike.
The Incident: The Executive Director of West End BIZ, Gloria Cardwell-Hoeppner, admitted to ordering a local artist to remove an image of a man who resembled Karl Marx from the final design of a public mural that the association commissioned. She remarked that the BIZ's original intention was to commission a mural that depicted the social climate and history of that period in Winnipeg, rather than the political history. The artist complied and the image of the Marx-looking man was removed from the mural.
Results of Incident: Passerby have expressed some disappointment and the mural is the subject of a local internet blog. However, no action is being taken.
Source: Winnipeg Free Press