INDIANAPOLIS, IN — After receiving multiple requests from concerned citizens, including Indianapolis Mayor Greg Ballard, the Central Indiana Community Foundation (CICF) has agreed to a change of location of the proposed E Pluribus Unum, a public art project for the Indianapolis Cultural Trail: A Legacy of Gene & Marilyn Glick.
The artwork, which would recreate a figure currently found on the Soldiers and Sailors Monument, was originally to be located on the front plaza of the City-County Building in conjunction with a nearby section of the Cultural Trail.
Fred Wilson, the artist who proposed E Pluribus Unum, is internationally recognized for his work “repurposing” icons and artifacts in order to create new perspectives and meanings, and to help people see those artifacts in a different way, as he intends to do with E Pluribus Unum. His artwork was commissioned following recommendations made by the Cultural Trail Curatorial Advisory Committee, which was comprised of local curators of contemporary art, local artists, and relevant design professionals.
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Tuesday, July 19, 2011
PLEASE DO NOT continue this project as it is.
Submitted by Tamala Baker
PLEASE DO NOT continue this project as it is. To do so would be a
racist slap in the faces of every person of color with African descent.
The concept of honoring the slave, who is dishonored on the Circle
monument is applaudable; however, this is not the correct or corrective
means by which that will be done.
I suggest using the original model's face and basic body structure.
However, as I stated in the article published in the Indiana Herald
Newspaper, October 19, 2010, The "Freed" Slave "should be well-clothed
(i.e., - dress casual) with socks and shoes on both feet. He should be
standing balanced, climbing that inclined pedestal, or at least in a
posture that indicates that he is intending or attempting to stand while
continuing to hold on to his heritage as depicted by the flag of
Continental African flags that he is clenching."
PLEASE DO NOT continue this project as it is. To do so would be a
racist slap in the faces of every person of color with African descent.
The concept of honoring the slave, who is dishonored on the Circle
monument is applaudable; however, this is not the correct or corrective
means by which that will be done.
I suggest using the original model's face and basic body structure.
However, as I stated in the article published in the Indiana Herald
Newspaper, October 19, 2010, The "Freed" Slave "should be well-clothed
(i.e., - dress casual) with socks and shoes on both feet. He should be
standing balanced, climbing that inclined pedestal, or at least in a
posture that indicates that he is intending or attempting to stand while
continuing to hold on to his heritage as depicted by the flag of
Continental African flags that he is clenching."
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