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====Date: [[:Category:1995 - 2005|1995 - 2005]] [[:Category:|]] [[:Category:|]]====
====Date: [[:Category:2005|2005]]====


====Region: [[:Category:North America|North America]]====


====Subject: [[:Category:Nudity|Nudity]]====


====Region: [[:Category:North America|North America]] [[:Category:|]] [[:Category:|{location3}]]====
====Medium: [[:Category:Sculpture|Sculpture]]====
 
 
 
====Subject: [[:Category:Nudity|Nudity]] [[:Category:|]] [[:Category:|]]====
 
 
 
====Medium: [[:Category:Sculpture|Sculpture]] [[:Category:|]] [[:Category:|]]====


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'''Artist:''' Michael Hermesh
'''Artist:''' Michael Hermesh


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


'''Dates of Action:''' March, 2005
'''Dates of Action:''' March, 2005


'''Location:''' Penticton, British Columbia
'''Location:''' Penticton, British Columbia


'''Description of Artwork:''' The sculpture depicts a nude male figure carrying a suitcase. <P>
'''Description of Artwork:''' The sculpture depicts a nude male figure carrying a suitcase. <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>
'''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>
 
 
 
'''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>
 
 


'''Source:''' www.globeandmail.com
'''Source:''' www.globeandmail.com
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Latest revision as of 17:06, 10 February 2012

Date: 2005

Region: North America

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