Should it have been covered?

[6_Time_Momma]

A statue of a woman falling from the WTC......

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20020918/ap_on_re_us/sept_11_statue

 

[Disfan1]

Well, that is not the way I would have chosen to honor the people that died. I think that particular statue was a bit too realistic. It would be the same as haveing a statue of a fireman trapped under tons of debris. If someone I knew had died at the WTC I wouldn't want to see a statue of what their final moments were like. JMHO.

 

[Claudia1]

For those who witnessed the actual jumps, it would be quite traumatic to have a graphic reminder. For many New Yorkers, it would also be painful.

Admittedly, I'm not into art appreciation, but I'm don't get the reason for her being naked. It seems to be another jolt to senses that are already on overload.

JMHO.

 

[RitaZ.]

I feel the same as Disfan.

 

[fireplug]

While I admit there are a lot of things in the art world I don't understand I'll take a swing at this one

The statue in and of itself does not offend me. The fact that some moron chose the idea of impact with the ground as his idea for it bothers me.

Obviously he has never seen the effect of a 1000 ft freefall on a human body. It isn't pretty and it isn't ART. What else ticks me off is that someone paid him to come up with this. That person is just as out of line as the artist.


Steve

 

[Grog]

Never should have even been made, IMHO. I have to wonder how on Earth the artist didn't get the idea that this might offend more than a few people. I don't believe in censorship, but this is in very bad taste.

 

[Claudia1]

Good points, fireplug!

 

[EROS]

I'VE NEVER BELIEVED IN ARTISTIC CENSORSHIP!!!!!!!!!!!

It was tried in Boston at the beginning of the 20th century and failed miserably. Actually, books and dramas which were "Banned in Boston" gained celebrity elsewhere .

Here's the problem...................

WHO IS THERE TO CENSOR THE CENSORS????????

 

[SPAGo 98]

no, it shoudln't have been covered.

 

[mamajoan]

I am not a big fan of censorship, however this is a rather disturbing piece. If the idea of the sculpture was to give dignity to the end of life, I am afraid this piece doesn't do it for me.

If the piece was commissioned and paid for by a public grant.. then the public has a say.. if it was paid for by a private source, yet displayed on public ground.. again the public has a voice in the matter.. private source, private ground... then I feel it is up to the person who purchased the sculpture to decide its worth...
jmho

 

[SilverLily]

I agree that it should be covered. This art belongs in a museum where people can be free to go and see it if they want. It should not be out in the open where it cannot be avoided. I would hate to have a child see it and ask about it...some children are not ready to see things like that.

But...I am not usually for censorship. I just believe that people should have a choice on whether or not they have to view this.

 

[Buckalew]

Yes. What a terrible "tribute". Someone is pretty sick for dreaming this one up. That is JMHO.

 

[Robinrs]

Another example of how little people think about other people's feelings. It just totally astounds me even now...

 

[EROS]

Of course, there was a similiar controversy when the TV specials on 9-11 were shown. Many argued that associated films should NOT show pics of victims jumping to their deaths. I AGREED with the filmaker's decisions to do so. Clearly these poor people jumped as a last act of desperation; we should NEVER forget the plight that they endured.

This sculpture reminds me of many photographs from the HOLOCAUST. Humanity should ALWAYS REMEMBER the horror of both events. Simple "memorials" don't convey enough of the anguish and pain...........

 

[SeaSpray]

Originally posted by EROS
Of course, there was a similiar controversy when the TV specials on 9-11 were shown. Many argued that associated films should NOT show pics of victims jumping to their deaths. I AGREED with the filmaker's decisions to do so. Clearly these poor people jumped as a last act of desperation; we should NEVER forget the plight that they endured.

This sculpture reminds me of many photographs from the HOLOCAUST. Humanity should ALWAYS REMEMBER the horror of both events. Simple "memorials" don't convey enough of the anguish and pain...........

Eros:

Often your reasoning on something makes sense, whether I agree with you or not. This time, I totally disagree with you. I have quite vivid images of both events permanently in my mind. When I think about the pictures I've seen of holocaust victims, I can still see, in my mind, every one of their ribs sticking out from starvation, I can see their hair that was chopped off, I can see their hollow eyes, I can see the looks of fierce determination on some of the faces, and the overwhelming sadness on others. I can see, almost down to the individual grains of sand, the bodies in the mass graves. Most people, after seeing something like this ONCE, do NOT need visuals to REMEMBER. I can never forget what was done during the Holocaust.

The same is true for what I, and millions of people, saw on Sept 11, 2001, as it was actually happening.

What makes you think that people forget, SIMPLY because they are not viewing it on a daily basis? That is not sound reasoning.

P.S. I chose to not click on the link to view the "art".

 

[ripleysmom]

I'll say the same thing here that I said on the DB.....

The statue was appropriate, the location was not.


While you may not like the image it represents, it is art and intended to elicit a reaction (which it did).

The location though should be somewhere where people can choose to view the image or not. Many people were not ready for what this image depicts.....

 

[EROS]

SeaSpray, it's all about human nature....................OUT OF SIGHT, OUT OF MIND. I'm GLAD that we have the Holocaust Museum in Washington D.C. to serve as a constant and painful reminder of the Nazi's atrocities. Dont' forget, YOU may never forget those pics, but there are GENERATIONS to come who have never seen them .

Movies about Vietnam are exquisitely painful for me to watch for several reasons. Nevertheless, they ARE art forms and deserve to be protected.

This sculpture was only placed in Rockerfeller Center on a temporary basis. There was no intention of keeping it there permanently. I hope that it ends up in a 9-11 Museum as a reminder for Americans yet to be born of the horrors we endured.

 

[danacara]

I am never in favor of censoring art
I am always in favor of making people think.
Painful or not, tasteless or not, the ability to create and display any art you want is a key component of freedom.
If I wanted my art censored, I hear Pakistan and Iraq are pretty good at doing that, thanks.

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