‘Heartbroken’ artist responds to mural controversy

[Maine-ah]

http://new.bangordailynews.com/2011/03/30/politics/%E2%80%98heartbroken%E2%80%99-artist-responds-to-mural-controversy/

AUGUSTA, Maine — The artist behind the labor-themed mural removed from a state building said Wednesday it was “heartbreaking” to hear her work compared to North Korean propaganda considering her own father’s distinguished military service during the Korean War.

In a formal statement released Wednesday, Judy Taylor of Tremont said the 11-panel mural now at the center of the political dust-up between Gov. Paul LePage, labor unions and artists “belongs to the people of Maine and needs to be accessible to them.”

But the artist’s strongest statement was a response to reports that LePage was prompted to remove the mural, in part, by an anonymous letter from someone who viewed it as anti-business and compared it to propaganda from communist North Korea.

The mural includes a depiction of Taylor’s father as a young man dressed in his Army uniform. Taylor said she included her father as well as her mother — depicted as a little girl in the mural — as a personal touch after losing both of her parents during the prior year.

[sinkingfeeling]

1. One person complains and the mural is gone. Thousands object and are told the art was too

anti-business. I remember went 'labor' was a part of business, but that was before we all became 'human resources'.

[AlabamaLibrul]

2. IBT nice new GE ad that gets put up in its place n/t

[EOTE]

3. Reminds me of "Cradle Will Rock"

Great movie about art and censorship. One of the central stories was that of Diego Rivera, who was commissioned by Nelson Rockefeller to create a mural in the foyer of the Rockefeller Center. This particular mural was deemed anti-business as well.

[liberal N proud]

4. The governor is being fascist

In actuality, the removal of the artwork would be something North Korea would do

[Blue Owl]

5. Time for some guerilla art murals depicting the GOP rewriting history

Because the GOP only appears credible in their own alternate reality, created for them by the mainstream media.

That place where bad is good, black is white, down is up, and war is peace.