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====Subject: [[:Category:Nudity|Nudity]] [[:Category:|]] [[:Category:|]]====
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====Medium: [[:Category:Sculpture|Sculpture]] [[:Category:|]] [[:Category:|]]====
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'''Artist:''' Michael Hermesh
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'''The Incident:''' After the City publicly display "The Baggage Handler" in a traffic circle in Penticton, the sculpture faced multiple incidents of vandalism including being pushed off of its base and severing his genetalia.  <P>
'''The Incident:''' After the City publicly displayed ''The Baggage Handler'' in a traffic circle in Penticton, the sculpture faced multiple incidents of vandalism including being pushed off of its base and severing his genetalia.  <P>






'''Results of Incident:''' Hermesh requested $20,000 to repair the damaged sculpture; however, the city council decided to remove the scupture and  gave the artist $300 to cover moving costs. A local band, Shaker Green, wrote a song about the sculpture entitled, "Frank the Baggage Handler." The sculpture could possibly be relocated to one of numerous companies who have expressed their desire to have the scultpure.  <P>
'''Results of Incident:''' Hermesh requested $20,000 to repair the damaged sculpture; however, the city council decided to remove the scupture and  gave the artist $300 to cover moving costs. A local band, Shaker Green, wrote a song about the sculpture entitled, ''Frank the Baggage Handler.'' The sculpture could possibly be relocated to one of numerous companies who have expressed their desire to have the scultpure.  <P>




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Revision as of 19:36, 2 August 2011

Date: 2005

Region: North America [[:Category:|Category:]] [[:Category:|{location3}]]

Subject: Nudity

Medium: Sculpture


Baggage.jpeg

Artist: Michael Hermesh


Confronting Bodies: Curtis Collins, director of the South Okanagan Art Gallery and chair of Penticton Public-Art Advisory Committee


Dates of Action: March, 2005


Location: Penticton, British Columbia


Description of Artwork: The sculpture depicts a nude male figure carrying a suitcase.

The Incident: After the City publicly displayed The Baggage Handler in a traffic circle in Penticton, the sculpture faced multiple incidents of vandalism including being pushed off of its base and severing his genetalia.

Results of Incident: Hermesh requested $20,000 to repair the damaged sculpture; however, the city council decided to remove the scupture and gave the artist $300 to cover moving costs. A local band, Shaker Green, wrote a song about the sculpture entitled, Frank the Baggage Handler. The sculpture could possibly be relocated to one of numerous companies who have expressed their desire to have the scultpure.

Source: www.globeandmail.com