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Date: 1995 - 2005 [[:Category:|]] [[:Category:|]]
Region: North America [[:Category:|]] [[:Category:|{location3}]]
Subject: Religious Political/Economic/Social Opinion [[:Category:|]]
Medium: Painting Commercial Advertising Public Art
Artist: Ron English
Confronting Bodies: Unknown vandal[s]
Dates of Action: July 2002
Location: Baltimore Maryland, 1200 Mt. Royal Ave.
Description of Artwork: The artwork was a billboard featuring a picture of Jesus holding a beer bottle with the slogan "The King of the Jews for the King of Beers" underneath the image.
The Incident: Following repeated complaints about the artwork from a radio show, and member of the community, unknown assailants, in the middle of the night, defaced the artwork by throwing a can of white paint on the image.
Results of Incident: A police report was filed and due to the vandalism the image was removed from public view.
Source: NCAC with the aid of an email from > David Greene Executive Director First Amendment Project. [[Category:]] [[Category:]] [[Category:]] [[Category:]] [[Category:]]