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Miami Artist to Fix Spellings on Library Mural, but Defends Work
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| 10/06/04
Posted on 10/06/2004 7:24:40 PM PDT by Nasty McPhilthy
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To: Nasty McPhilthy
"Our library director is very frustrated that she has this lovely new library and it has all these misspellings in front," said city councilwoman Lorraine Dietrich"
The obvious comments pertaining to the 'artiste' aside, the above comment was striking to me.
Doesn't this 'lovely new library' belong to the taxpayers in this city? or is it run by democrats?
To: Nasty McPhilthy
Just pull the mural down and put up wall paper. End of story.
To: Nasty McPhilthy
Alquilar was born in Brooklyn, New York, and since she was probably schooled there this would explain her lack of a basic education.
http://www.maria-alquilar.com/
To: Nasty McPhilthy
Funny story. There's a news video available here:
![](http://kron.static.worldnow.com/images/2395577_BG1.jpg)
An earlier story from July: www.livejournal.com
The artist's web site:
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posted on
10/06/2004 7:51:11 PM PDT
by
Reeses
To: Flashman_at_the_charge
![](http://www.maria-alquilar.com/3level/surreal/cityofdreams00003.jpg)
On first glance, I kind of like some of her stuff, too bad she is more than likely a crazy liberal.
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posted on
10/06/2004 7:53:16 PM PDT
by
Sam Cree
(Democrats are herd animals)
To: Nasty McPhilthy
Ah Ms. Alquilar, here's your check for $4.00. What? You say your price was $40,000! Why quibble over a misplaced decimal point Ms. Alquilar?
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posted on
10/06/2004 7:53:50 PM PDT
by
6SJ7
To: donnab
To: Nasty McPhilthy
Absolutely.
Don't let the facts get in the way of "the Truth."
She sounds like a pothead.
The city should ask for a refund.
To: HighlyOpinionated
Maybe they should have misspelled the name on the check and the dollar amount should have been incorrect to the tune of a few grand below the agreed upon price.
Then let's see if spelling matters to the RatTrashArtist.
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posted on
10/06/2004 7:55:02 PM PDT
by
TheErnFormerlyKnownAsBig
(You can turn your head away from the Berg video and still hear Al Queda's calls to prayer.)
To: Nasty McPhilthy
I wondering if the library commissioned the piece & if the artist submitted a model & the errors were in the model.
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posted on
10/06/2004 8:00:12 PM PDT
by
elli1
To: Dad2Angels
Just another example of Democrats throwing taxpayer money into a liberal screwball rat hole.
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posted on
10/06/2004 8:00:29 PM PDT
by
AF68
To: AF68
Hey, there's always more where that came from.
To: Nasty McPhilthy
To the "artist":
There were plenty of people around during the installation who could and should have seen the missing and misplaced letters, she said.
It's too late, baby, now it's too late. That was all after the fact. The fact being that YOU should have taken as much care for the slight intellectual content of your work (the spelling of names) as the so-called artistic so-called content.
"Even though I was on my hands and knees laying the installation out, I didn't see it," she said.
You should have seen it as you planned it before laying the installation out. That you didn't demonstrates something about the working of your mind. That you blamed what you should have spotted and corrected on others demonstrates something about your character.
The mistakes wouldn't even register with a true artisan, Alquilar said.
Oh, so I guess all those people you said "should" have caught it were "true" artisans? If so, why blame them? Would you have complained if whoever was paying you misplaced a decimal point resulting in your being paid a tenth or a hundredth of what you thought you would get? If so, I guess you wouldn't have been a true artisan.
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posted on
10/06/2004 8:03:43 PM PDT
by
aruanan
To: Sam Cree
I've done some reasonably sophisticated art work in my life. I feel comfortable in saying her work is amateurish junk.
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posted on
10/06/2004 8:05:38 PM PDT
by
Lockbar
(March toward the sound of the guns.)
To: Nasty McPhilthy
"The people that are into humanities, and are into Blake's concept of enlightenment, they are not looking at the words," she said. "In their mind the words register correctly." LOL!
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posted on
10/06/2004 8:06:14 PM PDT
by
Rocky
(Heinz Kerry: 57 positions on any issue)
To: Nasty McPhilthy
"...Mayor Marshall Kamena and Councilwoman Marj Leider argued that it's best to leave the artwork alone, especially since there are questions as to how long the mosaic -- which has already sustained some chipping and other damage -- will withstand the outdoor elements..."
"...Another less costly option was to install a plaque near the mosaic pointing out which words were misspelled, perhaps turning it into a game challenging kids to find the mistakes in the mosaic..."
To: Nasty McPhilthy
There were plenty of people around during the installation who could and should have seen the missing and misplaced letters, she said. Why does she blame "plenty of people" instead of just admitting she made an error? Taking responibility for our mistakes is crucial to becoming an adult.
If their our any errors in this mesage dont not blame me, im an artiste!
To: Nasty McPhilthy
said city councilwoman Lorraine Dietrich, one of three council members who voted Monday to authorize paying another $6,000, plus expenses, to fly the artist up from Miami to fix the errors. I would make sure that these people were not re-elected. Just because it's not their $6000+. I would bet a cookie that if they contracted for something and the results were shoddy, they would not pull out their own checkbook.
As for the "artist"? Once upon a time they were professionals. This is one of those that give the good 1/2 of 1 % of them a bad name.
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posted on
10/06/2004 8:18:51 PM PDT
by
Publius6961
(I, also, don't do diplomacy.)
To: Boiler Plate
Just pull the mural down and put up wall paper. End of story. And cheaper.
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posted on
10/06/2004 8:21:18 PM PDT
by
Publius6961
(I, also, don't do diplomacy.)
To: jdege
"I prefer Locke's concept of enlightenment..."
But I doubt her concept of Blake. He was a mad genius, but was he a slacker? His poetry and paintings don't seem to indicate that.
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posted on
10/06/2004 8:26:11 PM PDT
by
avenir
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